Honeydukes - NImbus 2000 -

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 24669

Arabellina wrote

> I would be very grateful if you suggest some
> etymology of the name of Honeydukes. 

It's probably something weird, like the surname Black can mean 'black'
'white' or 'yellow' depending on its origin (I read this in a surname
book once). Black meaning black is obvious, Black meaning white started
as blanc (the French word), and Black meaning yellow starting as some
weird Saxon word like bleag.

But its nice to think that the family name started as the nickname of a
boxer (pugilist), with 'dukes' referring to his fists, as in 'put up
your dukes', and 'honey' similar to the 'sugar' in the nicknames of
modern boxers named Sugar Ray this and that.

prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> I have always wanted to know, -- and I checked the
> archives and see no mention of my question -- 
> where did Harry's Nimbus 2000 come from?

Snotty answer: from Quality Quidditch Supplies.

Angela Boyko wrote:
> I thought it came from Dumbledore.

I thought it came from McGonagall. She wrote the accompanying note, and
she was the one who was very eager for Gryffindor to do well at
Quidditch. But I wonder where the money came from: did McGonagall (or
Dumbledore, in your theory) pay for it out of her own pocket, or did she
arrange to have the money come out of Harry's inherited Gringotts vault?
On the one hand, I'd think it would be scandalous for a teacher to give
a student such an expensive gift (favoritism!); OTOH how would she be
authorized to take money from Harry's vault?

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