Hermione, names, twins

[Amy Z]

Some main-list replies I wanted to make that are largely in the drifting-OT 
and/or smartass-remark category:

Re: Hermione's sexual orientation, Catherine wrote:

>I just can't see Hermione as being the slightest bit that way
>inclined.  Reason:  well, she wasn't in the least bit affected by the
>Veela/and Fleur, was she?

Maybe Fleur just isn't her type.  Arrogance is a major turn-off.

Re: the Weasleys' dinstinguished names:  Robert noted the prevalence of 
royal names.  Virginia is a royal name also, no?  I assume the name predates 
Elizabeth I, but the state Virginia was named for her, not, IIRC, for the 
Virgin Mary (it was established, albeit abortively, by Walter Raleigh).

I doubt Ron was named for Ronald Reagan ::sighs of relief from liberals, 
disappointment from conservatives::.  Reagan wasn't elected until Ron was 8 
months old, unless we make Ron 10 when he started Hogwarts, in which case he 
would have been born 6 weeks into the Reagan presidency, a perfect time for 
enthusiastic conservatives around the world to name their child for Reagan.

Robert wrote:

>I suppose that two sets of (identical?) twins, in different
>years in the school, isn't statistically unusual.

Uh-oh, here comes the number of students debate . . .

Parvati and Padma are identical; I don't believe we learn this 'til GF 12 so 
you are to be excused <g>.  Twins are born in 1 out of 78 births (prior to 
fertility drugs), IIRC.  Fraternal (sororal?) twins are much more common 
than identical, but I don't know what the proportions are.  If only one out 
4 sets of twins are identical, it's still statistically likely that a school 
of 280 (the low-end guess) would have two sets of identical twins, if my 
math serves (the latter is highly doubtful).

>Nevertheless,
>I wonder if JKR has something special planned for all of them...

Comedy of Errors comes to Hogwarts?

Amy Z
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