[HPforGrownups] I don't get it

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 20157

"M. Barnett" wrote:

> Ok, so I could be the moron of the group, or I just missed his
> particular discussion but ...
>
> How does everyone know about Lupin based on his name?

Lupin is strongly reminiscent of lup- words, from the Latinate (I think)
root for "wolf." Plus Texas bluebonnets are lupines, which I think are
so-called because wolfsbane is in that family (this may be legend; I
never checked it out, but the association did help the tip-off). That
his first name was Remus cemented it--Remus and Romulus were the Roman
twins suckled by the she-wolf, who grew up to found Rome (or at least
Romulus founded Rome; he ended up accidentally killing his brother when
they disagreed over which hill to build their city on; too bad they
didn't know about urban sprawl then).

--Amanda, professional connector of random thoughts


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