Durmstrang in Scandinavia?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 87553

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> (Changing the thread title because this has long not had anything 
to do with 
> Quirrel...)
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>  "Berit Jakobsen" wrote:
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> > I still find it very odd that Durmstrang's in Norway or Sweden.  
Both 
> > the name of the school (German-sounding) and the name of its 
students 
> > (Slavic-sounding) are very foreign to the Scandinavian language. 
Well 
> > well...
>

Geoff;
Comment has been made in the past that Hogwarts is not a Scottish 
name and it was pointed out that, although the school is 1000 years 
old, it was an "imported" foundation and hence has a non-local name. 
This could be true of Durmstrang.

I have pointed out in the past that Durmstrang is one of those clever 
puns which JKR produces in the vein of Diagon Alley and Knockturn 
Alley.

There was a school of literature and music in Germany in the 19th 
century called "Sturm und Drang" (storm and pressure). JKR 
has "spoonerised" this to Durmstrang.