Pigs and Hogs

[mmemalkin]

No: HPFGUIDX 58850

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gopotter2004" 
<gopotter2004 at y...> wrote:
> I've checked and checked... And was unable to find this around. 
So, 
> I thought I would bring it up. Maybe it's just a British thing 
(that 
> was my mum's thought). But it isn't quite normal to have this much 
> *pork* in a book, in my humble opinion.
> 
> HOGwarts
> HOGsmeade
> HOG's Head
> PIGwidgeon
> PIG snout (the password)
> Hagrid gives Dudley a PIG's tail when he gets upset

MmeMalkin adds:

"...the carriage trundled toward a pair of magnificent wrought iron 
gates, flanked with stone columns topped with winged boars..."
(a description of the entrance to Hogwarts - PoA-The Dementors)

Is JKR trying to say, "when pigs fly?"  <g>

~Diane