Honeydukes, Wandless Magic

[Martin Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 24682

Hi, everybody!

arabellina wrote:
>I would be very grateful if you suggest some etymology of the name 
>of Honeydukes. What it can mean?

Welcome to the Kingdom of Overflown Mailboxes!

IMHO, simple advertising: Name your store/product as a combination of 
a description of what you sell and a description on how well you do 
it. Bait Bargain would be a much better name for a fishing supplies 
store than Maggot Menace, for instance.
If you sell candy (which most certainly contains lots of honey) 
and consider yourself as king or duke or earl at doing it, an 
appropriate name for your store could be Honeydukes. The same 
marketing idea can be seen in such Muggle stores/franchises as Burger 
King, and others.

Wandless magic:

Kelly the Yarn Junkie (btw, what do you do with the yarn if you 
consider yourself being a junkie? ;-) ) wrote (and others have 
expressed similar thoughts):

>Most difficult sans Wand? 
>Apparating & the Animagi Transformation are both difficult magic done
>spontaneously at will with no wand evident.

There's a difference between aforementioned difficult magic and, say 
Riddikulus and Expecto Patronum (which are approx the same level of 
difficulty): Apparation and Animagi Transformation effect the 
spellcaster himerself, whereas the likes of Ridd and Exp Patr are 
aimed at another person/object/being. Just an observation. I still 
stand perplexed on the whole wand/no wand issue, but I tend to lean 
towards the "easy spell you've made a gazillion times and can 
probably make in your sleep don't need a wand"-"difficult spells need 
a focusing device such as a wand or a cigarette lighter"-theory.

Martin

"Insert funny/insightful/profound quote here"