Two (unrelated) queries

[Jen Faulkner]

No: HPFGUIDX 16730

One about Winky, one about capitalization.

Query the first: Having now been looking at house-elf posts for a couple
of days, I've been looking at Winky's name more than I had at any time
since reading GoF.  I'd been trying to figure out why it seemed
familiar, and it struck me finally last night: The Winkies are the group
enslaved by the Wicked Witch of the West in *The Wizard of Oz*, who are
freed by Dorothy.  I don't have my copy of the book here, but I vaguely
remember that they're different from the way they were portrayed in the
movie -- are they more elflike?  They are happy to be liberated,
IIRC.  I think it is likely that Winky's name alludes to these
people; do others agree?  Are there other Oz allusions?

Query the second:  This one's spawned from the editing/grammar
discussions we had on OTCh.  What's with JKR's capitalization?  Why are
words like 'Quidditch' and 'Apparate' capitalized?  Is it only words
she's made up (that wouldn't include Muggle, then, which was a word,
albeit one she gave a new definition to)?  

--jen :)

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