Linguistic observations + Introduction of me, the newbie

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No: HPFGUIDX 20906

Hi, everybody!

Recently joined, so this would be my first attempt to post a message 
(although I did successfully upload a nice comic to the files/humour 
section). Hope it goes through.
Short intro: 26-year old, male, Simpsons fanatic and M Sc CE, chosen 
as Hermione at the SelectSmart quiz (even if I see myself exactly as 
Lee Jordan, but he wasn't in the quiz) and, apparently, in Ravenclaw.

Given JKR's habit of giving her characters names that describes their 
characteristics, I thought of something that may, or may not, be 
purely coincidence:

Krum is, besides the name of a famous Bulgarian Seeker, a Swedish 
word meaning "bent" or "crooked". It is used only when referring to 
limbs, particulary legs: "Krumbent" meaning "with bent legs". Isn't 
that precisely how Viktor is described when not on a broomstick? 
Again, a name describing its owner.

Now allow me to extend this a little bit further, making it perhaps 
even more far-fetched:

Swedish word krumbent (from which the name Krum may have derived) can 
be translated into bent legs, crooked legs or crookshanks. Ring a 
bell?
Could it be that Crookshanks the cat in fact is a semi-animagi (as 
discussed before in the Litter of Werewolves-Animagi-threads) 
relative of Viktor Krum? And if so, maybe Krum's affection for 
Hermione is caused, or fueled, by her affection for Crookshanks. That 
would also explain the fact that Crookshanks is smarter than the 
average cat.

Am I *way* out of line here, or have anybody else out there thought 
along these lines?

I wish to apologise for my poor grammar, vocabulary and spelling, 
since English obviously isn't my native tounge. Swedish is 
(surprise?).
Also, I'd like to thank everyone on this list for making me work half-
time since I joined about a week ago (reading this stuff is much, 
*much* funnier than actually working). Hope my boss doesn't catch 
me... But then again, I'd have plenty of more time doing this ;-)
Special thanks to Aylihael, who liked my comic picture, told me, and 
thereby inspiring me to do more.

Martin Smith, Gothenburg, Sweden

   (Wow... Covering four topics (Describing names, Crookshanks' 
intelligence, Krum/Hermione and Animagi) in my very first message!)