Farmer Hagrid, hairy sisters, more pro-Cho, transfiguration musings

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 29763

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> Heather:"There's a theory which goes that the Delacort ("of the 
> Court" suggesting old nobility) family is the French equivalent of 
> the Malfoys (which, incidentally, is itself derived from "mal fee," 
> or "evil faery" in French)."
> 
> The name - at least in the American editions - is "Delacour," perhaps 
> rendering Fleur's name as "Flower of the Heart."  Fleur has veela-
> like hair, and has an unnaturally powerful influence over human 
> males; so we have to believe her about her veela grandmuzzer, non?
> 

 Ah! I added in the 't' by mistake, thanks for catching that. The name definitively isn't "Flower of the Heart," though; JKR was asked that specifically during an AOL chat.  "Of the Heart" would be "Delacoeur." Then she apologized(!) commented that she used to be a French teacher. I'll have to dig up the URL for that chat and verify the alternate "of the court" rendition of the name, though - I may be misattributing it through my insomniac haze.