Lupin's return

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19291

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dianne Singson <dianne at s...> wrote:
> If Lupin comes back in Book 5, how will Harry & co. address him?
> "Professor Lupin" doesn't seem right; are they going to call him
> Remus, like Harry addresses Sirius? That sounds a bit awkward.
> Mr. Lupin? Moony? Sorry if I'm rambling.

I think he won't be teaching again(?) and it seems that Professor is
a Hogwarts title of respect for teachers (which the students usually
drop in private) - I had a quick look back, and even Gilderoy Lockhart
gets to be Professor although I don't think Hagrid does.  University
Professors keep their titles when they quit, but that's different.
So I think he's Mr. Lupin - or Dr. Lupin for all we know?

But if he stayed as close a friend to the Potters as Sirius Black did,
that relationship probably entitles Harry to call him Uncle Remus ;-)

(And Sirius can call him Brer Wolf?)

Robert Carnegie
Glasgow, Scotland

"I read them all when I was seven and I hated them" - unnamed American
office worker on the Harry Potter books (www.dilbert.com, List of
Stupid Things Overheard)