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

[Rosanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 29867

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Wendelin...aka Deb" <findmeabargain at y...> 
wrote:

> My knowledge of German is abysmally small, but I
> seem to recall that "Sturm und drang" can be
> translated very loosely as "a lot of pointless,
> show-off shouting." That in mind, Durmstrang put
> me in mind of a school that has more reputation
> than it's really due. No substance, as it were.

Sturm und Drang means "storm and stress".  It was the name given to a 
literary movement in the mid to late 1700s that was a reactionary 
movement.  Geothe and Schiller were playwrights connected to it. It 
would be interesting if Durmstrang (Stress Storm?) was formed as a 
reaction to the established authorities of the day in the magical 
world.

Rosiewolf