[HPforGrownups] Origins of Padfoot

[Leon Adato]

No: HPFGUIDX 40933

Marinafrants says:
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The dictionary also connects the term "padfoot" with Yorkshire,
particularly the area around Leeds.  That made me wonder if any of
the Marauders came from there, but I'm not sure if that works.
Doesn't Yorkshire have a really distinctive accent?  Enough that
Harry would notice it when he heard Sirius, Remus or Peter speak?
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Except that, IIRC, there is never any mention of someone's accent in the
books, assuming they are British. You infer some things based on how the
speech is represented, but I don't recall any mention of "he said in a thick
Scottish brogue", or the like.

Leon Adato
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