Rufus, was "Fresh" Forest of Dean.

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> > Carol wrote in <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/38915>:
> > 
> > << Maybe Rufus Scrimgeour was named after William Rufus >>
> > 
> > Rowling seems to think that first names -u-us sound good with last name Scrimgeour, because she made Brutus Scrimgeour the author of The Beater's Bible.
> >
> Carol responds:
> 
> Maybe they're another old Pure-Blood family that uses Latin first names, at least for the sons.
> 
> Carol, who thinks that Rufus sounds like a dog's name

Geoff:
Well, interestingly enough, a very common name in the UK for a dog 
is Merlin. There are at least two I meet who regularly take their owners 
for walks on Porlock Marsh.

My dog's name is Dan - but he dates back to well before any of my 
association with Harry or his media representatives.
:-)