Invisible minorities

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No: HPFGUIDX 79073

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" <quigonginger at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcum42" <Arcum_Dagsson at c...> 
> wrote:  (snip)
>> 
> Ginger replies:
> Hmm, the Rat himself!  Kneasy also mentioned that Prof. Sinistra 
> might be.  I was trying to remember, when writing my original post, 
> the Latin connection between "left-handed" and "sinister", but I 
> never got as far as thinking of Prof. Sinistra!
> 
> Kneasy, can you help with the details on this?  
> 

Kneasy bounds to centre stage amid a shower of dandruff.
Assumes pontifical mode.

Yes. Based on JKRs love of puns and word play I'm willing
to bet that Sinistre is a working of Sinister, latin for ' on the 
left hand'; it has other uses, all of which have a 'leftedness' of some
sort. Could be accident prone - appearing on the left hand side 
denotes bad luck (probably why wedding rings are worn on the 
left hand and brides stand to the grooms left.) Only joking!
Could be a raving radical, I suppose, but if she were
Hermione would be gazing at her, starstruck, with adoration
in her eyes.

Kneasy