[HPforGrownups] Re: Mister Figg....?

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 85394


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> Carol:
>
> Since you snipped a large part of my post, you may have misread the
> part you quoted, which is only a preliminary suggestion, not the main
> argument. You say that the maiden name is irrelevant; I say that
> either the maiden name is Figg or it's omitted. Either way, we agree
> that Figg is her married name if indeed she was married. (If she
> wasn't married, then Figg *is* her maiden name.) In the snipped
> portion of the post I arrive at the conclusion that she did, indeed,
> marry and that her husband was a muggle. My intention was to try to
> answer the poster who asked if we knew Mrs. Figg's maiden name. It
> appears that we don't, and neither does the MoM. If they did, they
> might have kept better track of her. Motto: If you're a female squib
> and don't want to disappear from the WW, marry a wizard. ;-)
>

K

Well of course she omitted it. She was stating her legal name for the
record, her legal name wouldn't include her maiden name. Adding that her
maiden name was whatever would probably have caused the judges to irritable
suggest she stick to answering the questions she was asked (well if they're
anything like muggle judges who don't like people wandering off the point).
Why would anyone expect her to add it? Saying she omitted it, implies that
it was information that was part of the answer but she didn't give it. So no
we don't know her maiden name but she was definitely married. *shrugs* She's
never struck me as likely to become an important character so I don't think
it's ever likely to come up - of course I could be totally wrong and her
name could turn out to have been Riddle or something and she'll have a vital
role in the final battle.

K