Race in HP/name origins

[delwyn_march]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5177
From: delwyn_march
Subject: Re: Race in HP/name origins
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5131] Re: Race in HP/name origins
Date: 7/27/00 6:48 am  (ET)

Salut !

><<Malfoy sounds like Malfi - a bit Franco-Italian - perhaps even alluding
to the Mafiosi? >>

>Comma ona! You thinka that *blonda* Malafede boy, he coma from the
sunny country?

If I get this right, you think the Malfoy family couldn't come from Italy
because Draco has blond hair ? I'm sorry, but many kids from the Northern
part of Italy have blond hair. Moreover, I agree that Malfoy does sound a
bit French : Malfoy => Male foi => Mauvaise foi, which could mean either
"Insincerity, dishonesty" or "To have faith in the wrong person".

A plus !

Do