[HPforGrownups] Re: Frankly, my dear

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"Kim" <kimberley42 at y...> wrote:
Since JKR has such a fascination for names, and a
vivid imagination for coming up with them in her
novels, is there any significance to the fact that
there are two characters named "Frank":  Frank Bryce,
the Riddle's gardener, and Frank Longbottom, Neville's
father?  Or is this just a coincidence, using a very
common first name more than  once?
 
Loony Loopy responds:
I would guess it's a coincidence.  The
bartender/landlord of the Leaky Cauldron shares a
first name with Tom Riddle.

Julie adds:
Ernie Macmillan and Ernie Prang (the driver on the
Knight Bus) also share names. On my first reading of
OoP, I remembered thinking that the names seemed to be
getting more and more out there. Phineas Nigellus?
Kingsley Shacklebolt? In subsequent readings, I didn't
give them a second thought, they really are pretty
cool. I think that even with all of JKR's love of
names, she still likes to be "realistic," and no one
goes through life without meeting two people with the
same name. They play such minor roles, they don't
disrupt the plot with us wondering, "Okay, who is she
talking about now?" As with every other tiny detail,
it was probably planned.

Julie, who is overwhelmed with trying to keep up with
all these posts :)

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