A Weasley by any other name...[was: Second Daughter Theory]

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 45539

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Barb <psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:
 Iphagenia (or Imogene)?
> 
>   
> Me:  Okay, now people are just making stuff up!   Ron is Ronald 
(hence the sign "Ronald's Room" hanging on his door).  Ginny's name 
may be Virginia or may not, but it is the most likely thing.  
Percy's name may or may not be Percival, but it most certainly is 
NOT Edward, or anything else beginning with 'E,' according to the 
books.  Bill's name is most likely William.  Why do folks feel the 
need to denigrate JKR by attributing an alphabetical theory of 
naming the Weasleys to her? 
<snip>

Because the promoters of the seventh son theory want so badly for 
Ron to be a "seer", that they are willing to torture, twist, turn, 
and invent canon, to create a "missing Weasley son, in order to back 
it up ;-).  Actually, I don't really have any strong feelings 
concerning Ron's having the ability to predict the future.  Maybe he 
will be shown later to actually have this talent, which would be 
amusing and ironic given his attitude toward Trelawney.  What I 
don't understand is why it's necessary for him to be the seventh son 
in order for him to have the ability to forsee the future.  I agree 
with you that the alphabetical naming theory needs to be abandoned.  
In spite of all the brave efforts of it's proponents, it's just a 
stiff and deserves a decent burial before it gets any smellier.


Jo Serenadust, who is really fighting the impulse to jump up and 
down and defend Ron's magical abilities because she doesn't want to 
frighten a new poster.  Not yet, anyway.....