French Derivatives in HP Character Names

[Arealin]

No: HPFGUIDX 40413

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "nplyon" <nplyon at y...> wrote:
> It's obvious to me that JKR speaks 
> at least some French, as the structure of the sentences one of the 
> Beauxbatons students speaks during the QWC scene (pg. 123 in the US 
> hardcover edition "Ou est Madame Maxime?  Nous l'avons perdue--") 
> indicates that she did not simply pick up a French dictionary and 
> find the French equivalents for the words she wanted to use (or 
maybe 
> someone else wrote the sentences for her...but I digress).  

Reply:

I believe Rowling was a french teacher at one point, isn't that 
right? 

Alina.