Names, Harry in particular

[Danemead]

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No: HPFGUIDX C2980
From: Danemead
Subject: Re: Names, Harry in particular
Reply To: [Yahoo! #2973] Re: Names, Harry in particular
Date: 6/28/00 12:51 pm  (ET)

Can we assume that Harry was given the name *Harry* by his parents, not
Harold or Henry? When McGonagall calls out the names of the students
to be sorted, she does say 'Harry'. I looked to see how she calls out
Ron's name, but we don't actually hear her say his name. Oddly, quite
a few of the children have names that don't get shortened.