Huckleberry Hound Meets Mister Muggles

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 22703

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at w...> wrote:
> Questions
> 
> Are Hanna-Barbera cartoons viewed at all in Britain? (in terms of 
> animation quality, they are absolutely hideous, but they remain 
> popular stateside)

Yes they are - or at least they were when I was a child, so I assume 
they were when JKR would have watched them.  We did have Huckleberry 
Hound, so what you are saying is possible.

> Might JKR and She-Who-I-Won't-Bother-Looking-Up-So-I-Can-Name-Her 
> have both derived the name Muggles from this Huckleberry Hound 
> cartoon? Does anyone sing "My Darling Clementine" in either of 
their 
> narratives?
> 
>   - CMC

LOL!  Not in Harry Potter!  

I find these examples of Muggles which keep cropping up quite 
interesting.  It is quite possible that JKR and Nancy Stouffer 
thought that they were inventing the word, when in fact it was 
something that they had heard before and hadn't realised it.  Delving 
into the subconscious, unconsciously would have this effect!

Catherine