Rookwood

[eloise_herisson]

No: HPFGUIDX 77428

Naama:

> I was pretty annoyed by this, don't know if it's been discussed 
> before (searched the archive and found nothing):
> 
> In GoF, Pensieve scene, Karkaroff names AUGUSTUS Rookwood who 
passed 
> LV information from within the Ministry. In OoP, the Daily Prophet 
> announces the escape of ten DEs, among whom there is one ALGERNON 
> Rookwood. 
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> Any thoughts?

Well, actually this was the subject of my little TBAY, posted the day 
posting resumed after the OoP release (61396).

I *believe* (do we have confirmation of this?) that this is yet 
another of those pesky edition differences, with the UK and UK-
derived editions having Algernon and the US one having Augustus.


> What kind of a name is Algernon anyway?! :-\

A very respectable, if old-fashioned one.

Jack Worthing's best friend in _The Importance of being Ernest_is 
Algernon Moncrief. I believe that P.G.Wodehouse had more than one 
character named Algernon. What I find interesting is that, as an 
Englishwoman (via Wilde and Wodehouse) "Algernon" has inescapably 
upper-class connotations, which I do not recall anyone claiming for 
the Longbottoms.

What is also inescapable is the argument that Augustus Rookwood is 
Ever So Sexy (46935) falls flat on its face, once you substitute the 
name "Algernon".

"The Importance of Being Augustus"

~Eloise