Weird names (off topic again!)

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 12085

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., nlpnt at y... wrote:

> As for "Ron" this is one more reason it's a Good Thing JKR is
> British. An American family having a son named "Ronald", and born
> in 1980/81 says more about the parents' politics than anything 
> else!

There was a time when it was quite common for Americans to name 
their sons after the President then in office, regardless whether 
they agreed with his politics. I was reminded of this obsolete custom 
when a friend told me about his mother's doctors. "There's old Dr. 
Magoo, Dr. Herbert, he's the father, and there's young Dr. Magoo, Dr. 
Glenn, he's the son, and I get the impression there's another Dr. 
Magoo, Dr. Harry, but I've never seen him."

"He must be the Holy Ghost," I replied, and went on to speculate that 
we could determine the ages of the Drs. Magoo from their given names, 
with Dr. Herbert born in 1928-32, when Herbert Hoover was President, 
Dr. Harry in 1945-52 when Harry Truman was President, and Dr. Glenn 
whatever year it was that John Glenn was the first human to orbit the 
earth.