Nicknames

[bluesqueak <pipdowns@etchells0.demon.co.uk>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48402

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Andrea <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:
> --- Audra1976 at a... wrote:
> > I was under the impression that Harry and Ron were nicknames 
> > already(for 
> > Harold and Ronald).   Hermione needs a nickname, but what would 
it be?  
> > "Herm," "Hermy"?  Doesn't sound very appealing.  Just 'Mione 
> > sounds okay, but 
> > that only knocks of one syllable.

> Andrea:
> I believe that JKR has said in interview that "Harry" is his 
> Christian name; ie, it's not short for Harold, Henry, or anything  
>else. > 
> 
> =====
Harry is called "Harry James Potter" (various interviews by JKR.). 
Harry doesn't have to be a nickname for anything - it's the older 
English pronunciation of Henry and is a perfectly proper name in 
it's own right. 

Ron is a shortened form of Ronald - Ron's room at The Burrow has a 
plaque on it saying 'Ronald's Room' [CoS, Ch. 3 UK paperback]

In my (British) school the only time people had nicknames was when 
there was more than one person in the same class with the same first 
name. I acquired my own nickname of 'Pip' this way - I shared my 
first name with two other girls. Otherwise everyone was called by 
their first names.

Pip!Squeak