[HPforGrownups] Re: name origins

[marshamoon]

No: HPFGUIDX 26392



  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., bobbins29 at h... wrote:

  > the main word i dislike, though, is "hogwarts".  it's just... 
  > unpleasant.

   and in reply, foxmoth at qnet.com wrote:

     It's a pun on warthog.

   It also may be a direct reference to the troll-like character in the movie, Labyrinth.  One of my friends made me watch this again just to catch the reference.  The character, "Hog", is asked by the heroine what his last name is.  When he doesn't answer, she teasingly speculates, "Hog Warts?" Since JKR draws from so many fantasy sources, I think this association is entirely plausible.  



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