[HPforGrownups] Etymology was: More Snaping

No: HPFGUIDX 23014

 --- Tabouli <tabouli at unite.com.au> wrote concerning
someone else's post which said: 

"The word Dumbledore sounds like a
> contortion of 'bumblebee'

(objections snipped)

Actually, this idea is not as ill-formed as you seem
to think.  Dumbledore *is* extremely close to the Old
English word for bumblebee, oddly enough. The
etymology might be intuitive, but it's nigh well spot
on. 

Oh, and by the way: hello, I'm new.

Regards,
Morgan
meddling medievalist


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