Cho's name

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 67631

Yours truly:
> Though it is true that Cho COULD be 
> the Japanese name meaning butterfly, 
> it is far from conclusive that it IS.  
> There's no reason to eliminate the 
> possibility that Cho's got a Japanese 
> first name...but...isn't it just as 
> likely if not more so that it matches 
> the last name in being of Chinese 
> origin?

Pi-chi wonders (in part):
> I think it's quite plausible that
> Cho means butterfly in Chinese, 
> though as I've never had any classes
> I couldn't say for certain.

Well, I don't know if I qualify as a 
certifiable expert but I did study 
Chinese for four years in order to 
to satisfy the foreign language 
requirements for graduation (and did well 
enough to become a teacher's assistant <g>).  
I've checked my dictionaries and I can 
definitely tell you that I couldn't find any 
link between c-h-o and "butterfly" which is 
to say personally, I don't find it all that 
plausible.  My mind remains open though, if 
only someone could point me...

But at this point, there seems to be no 
basis whatsoever denotation- or definition-
wise for concluding that JKR intended Cho's 
name to mean butterfly.

> Pi-chi, first-time poster ^_^

Nice to leave Lurkdom, no?  :)

> [Moderator Note:  It's OK to discuss
> Cho Chnag's ethnicity here on the
> main list.  However, if people want
> to talk just about the possible
> meanings of foreign words, please take
> the conversation to our sister
> list, OT-Chatter.  
> Thanks!  Judy Serenity, List Elf]

Hear hear!

Petra, was an English Lit. major
a
n  :)

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