[HPforGrownups] Last names - Quirrell - Class - Lupin entrance - kids' li...

[Calypso8604 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29504

In a message dated 11/20/01 10:47:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
aiz24 at hotmail.com writes:


> Dave wrote:
> 
> >Now, I want to know why everyone calls the keeper of the keys Hagrid 
> rather 
> >than Rubeus?
> 
> It's rare, at least here in the U.S., but there are people who prefer to be 
> called by their last name by just about everyone.  



Not uncommon at all! There are countless people (mostly guys) around here who 
are often referred to by their last name or shortened nicknames of their last 
name. That includes my own friends as well as our teachers. The gym teacher 
and the two History teachers are almost always referred to by their last 
names only, without the addition of Mr. And my friends are mostly guys and 
they usually call each other by their last name or nickname. They even 
address me as 'Sista (you don't want to know the name that is short for..) 
until met with a glare. Hagrid being called Hagrid never seemed odd to me at 
all


~ Calypso


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