Mister Figg....?
justcarol67
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 20 05:53:29 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 85520
> > 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
Kathryn, I wasn't trying to argue with you. I was trying to show you
that we agree on several points, which I thought you might not have
realized because of the particular portion of my post that you quoted.
Also I'm not the person who originally raised the question if Nrs.
Figg's maiden name. I was just trying to explore the topic to see
where it led. That said, I do think (now) that Mrs. Figg's married
name is the reason the MoM didn't know who she was. A female squib who
marries a muggle disappears from their knowledge rather quickly, a
point that could be important with regard to little Mr. Evans, whom
the WW in general doesn't seem to know about--yet.
Not to pick nits or anything, but in some circumstances, your maiden
name is part of your full name, at least in America. The IRS will ask
for it on your tax return for seven years and you're required to
include it on your master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. I have no
idea what the situation is in England, much less in the WW, where
neither income tax nor graduate school even exists.
Anyway, I'm sorry if you thought I was being rude for mentioning that
you snipped away my main point. That certainly wasn't my intention.
Cheers,
Carol
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