Boggarts and names and shift in naming

[A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 28649

Um well I have serious doubts on this.


Calypso wrote:
> Ron Weasley - Ronniekins' name probably came from Running Weasel, a 
war lord in the 6th Dynasty. >> 

The INTERNET has been flooded with this interpretation and I think 
until we can get some independent corroberation a large handfull of 
Sodium Chloride may be appropriate...

JKR confirmation would do for a start but also some further 
references like 'Sixth Dynasty of what' (Egypt? China? The Sioux 
Nation) and text for the story independent of Harry Potter... 

If its true though Id be tickled pink. Too much Urban Legend 
connotaion at the moment though...

On another point - something bugs me in PoA.  Its not a Flint but a 
kind of name continuity problem.  In the first few Chapters the 
Dementors are invariably referred to as the Azkaban Guards, the word 
dementors not being used. After the encounter in the Hogwarts Express 
they are called Dementors (or Dementors of Azkaban) and 
never 'Azkaban Guards'. 

Its not important really I suppose but having noticed it, I find it 
stands out...

Edis