[HPforGrownups] Re: Point of Order: "The Marauders"

[Trond Michelsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 53431

Until now, I'm pretty sure that I've used the name "Marauder" about
James and his friends. If I haven't, it's purely by coincidence.
However, Richard's post has really convinced me that there's absolutely
no indication that they used this term for the group.

psychic_serpent wrote:
> The four of them created the map for their own use.  They titled 
> it "The Marauder's Map."  This seems to be a blatant bit of self-
> labeling, IMHO.  I don't see how one can look at this and NOT assume 
> that that is a good moniker for the group.  I can see how it might 
> have been thought up, as well.

But who is/was the Marauder they named the map after? I don't think it's
any spesific person at all, and certainly not the group. It's a map
that's very useful when you're out marauding, so whoever's using it at
the time is a marauder - hence "Marauder's map".

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  // Trond Michelsen
\X/  mike at crusaders.no