[HPforGrownups] Re: Multicultural Harry Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 17217


--- lea.macleod at gmx.net wrote:
  So 
> how come the French edition I saw had "Hermione?"
> <g>.  Just 
> wondering.
> 
> 
> Hermine is actually a German name, its not
> particularly french. 
 IMO. On the other hand, Hermione does work
> well in french 
> (theyd pronounce it "Er-mee-on"), as I know  - not
> a french girl but 
> -  a french ship by that name. 
I believe Hermione would be the French name. In any
case, Jean Racine, a French playwright from the 17th
century, wrote a play about the Trojan war called
"Andromaque" and there's a character named Hermione
(Helen of Troy's daughter) in it. So at least the name
exists in French literature.

Annd (BA in French literature)

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