Hints that Sirus would die

[scooting2win]

No: HPFGUIDX 75825

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "supermonkee90" 
> <Supermonkee90 at a...> wrote:
> > In the 5th book I think there were signs that Sirius would die.  
> One of 
> > them was that Sirius lived at 12 Grimmauld Place.  And Grim is 
the 
> sign 
> > of death (a dog).
> > 
> > "supermonkee90"
> 
> Yes, but I think this was JKR having one of her word games with 
place 
> names as with Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley and Durmstrang etc.
> 
> It has already been pointed out that Grimmauld Place is "Grim Old 
> Place". I wonder whether this was put into JKR's mind by the fact 
> that she started writing the book when she was in Edinburgh and 
this 
> city is sometimes nicknamed "Auld Reekie" by the Scots.

and what were the word plays on the others? I missed those, here we 
have a river we lovingly call "Big Muddy". So I guess that happens 
every where one lives, or visits. Lori