SV: [HPforGrownups] Re: MacNair

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No: HPFGUIDX 7041

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Sara Ludwig" <sara.ludwig at t...> 
wrote:
> Then why shouldn't British people know about Walden any less than 
Swedish or other Europeans?
> catrina

I have no idea what European wide recognition of Thoreau and Walden 
would be. I was merely pointing out that in my experience here in the 
UK he (and Walden) are not widely recognised names at the moment and 
I find it unlikely that McNair's first name was meant to be a 
reference to him.Someone mentioned the English placename Saffron 
Walden earlier and given the other names that come off maps I think 
that that's a more likely source.


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>   Skickat: den 15 december 2000 08:07
>   Ämne: [HPforGrownups] Re: MacNair
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>   --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> 
wrote:
>   > -- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Simon" <simon.branford at h...> 
>   wrote:
>   > 
>   > > "Walden Macnair - Disposal of Dangerous Creatures"
>   > 
>   > Why was a dishonest sadist/bully like Macnair given the 
>   > good-connotation name of Walden?
> 
>   I take it that the "good-connotation" is the word's connection 
with 
>   Thoreau? If so, then I think the answer is that "Walden" would 
have 
>   no such association for the majority of UK readers at least and 
>   possibly that JKR chose it out of her collection of interesting 
>   sounding words without wanting to make any wider reference.The 
only 
>   time I've ever seen Walden mentioned on the UK is in passing 
>   references in the Doonesbury comic strip.I wouldn't call Thoreau 
a 
>   widely recognised figure over here either.
> 
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