The significance of first names in HP books.

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 27856

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Cezar Tabarcea <caesarius at e...> wrote:

> And i have two questions - first, what was, in the English original, 
the name 
> of the Sports expert from the MoM (in GoF ) - it's Ludo Verpey, in 
the French 
> edition; and also, if anyone from Paris reads this, i wonder if the 
English 
> editions of HP can be bought in Paris, somewhere. Is there an 
English bookstore 
> that may have these books for sale?
> Cezar

It's Ludovic, from the latin "ludus" for game and "vic" which can 
either mean to win. as in Caesar's "Veni vidi vici" or to lose, as in 
"victus."

The English surname of Bagman is significant because that is the 
person who carries the stakes in a bet and pays off the winner.

Haggridd