Neville (was Survey thing)

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At 13:48 19/09/02 -0400, Emerald Snake wrote:
>About everyone saying that Neville is going to die:
>          I'd just like to bring it to everyone's attention that JKR has said
>or at least hinted (I haven't read the actual thing) once in an interview
>that one of the students will become a teacher at Hogwarts after graduation.

She certainly wouldn't have used the term "graduation". :-)  Sorry, that is 
a sore point with many British HP fans. We don't "graduate" from school in 
this country, we just "leave" (long story).

Yes, she is known to have said that, but most people assume it'll be 
Hermione, who is far more academically gifted (and for whom academic 
prowess is very important).

>And Neville Longbottom has been said to mean "Absent-Minded Proffesor".

As the resident etymology geek, I'm curious where you got that and how that 
was reasoned. (I'm not shouting at anyone. Yet.) :-)

It sounds exceptionally far-fetched to me.