Point of Order: "The Marauders"

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 53445

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ingachristsuperstar"
<ingachristsuperstar at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nobodysrib" <
> nobodysrib at y...> wrote:
> > Mr. Ed asked 
> > > If the HP character Seamus is ever the victim of the Avada 
> > > Kedavra curse and his friends stood watch over his body, how 
> > > would you  punctuate what that watch would be called?    ;)
> > 


> 
> 
> Me:
> 
> Forget punctuation issues.  It would of course be:
> 
> Finnigan's Wake
> 
> ;)
> 
> -Ing


bboy_mn:
So, if Seamus's family were also at the wake, would it be called the
'Finnigans's Wake' or could it be called the 'Finnigan Wake', and in
that case, would 'Finnigan' be considered singular as the word implies
or would it be plural since it refers to more than one member of the
Finnigan family? And if 'Finnigan' could be considered plural then
couldn't it rightly be called the 'Finnigan's Wake'. Which brings us
fill cirle to the "Marauder's Map", and whether Marauder is intended
to be singular or plural. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn