John Weasley?

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No: HPFGUIDX 86863

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermowninny719" 
<hermowninny719 at y...> wrote:

> Thanks for the link, it looks like a great site.  I will be 
spending 
> a lot of time there.
> 
> However, I checked the interview in question and it still 
says "John 
> Weasley."  Therefore, my original questions stand.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?

The QQQ version of the interview is almost certainly copied verbatim 
from the Scholastic version, so an error in one would logically be 
duplicated in the other. In the actual chat, Rowling was telling 
someone what to type, and it is almost 100% certain that this person 
simply misheard and mistyped her response. The way the question is 
answered doesn't suggest anything unusual being said, and believe 
me, that would definitely have been something unusual. That 
interview was in 2000, just before Goblet of Fire came out, so the 
characters were well known. If she'd actually dropped a name like 
that, there would be a huge reaction.

In fact, I remember clearly when that interview happened, and we on 
this list went over the transcripts with a fine-tooth comb. Some of 
our list members were even present at the chat, as I recall. If she 
had really said John, we'd have been all over it.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon