Last names vs First. (was: James/MWPP in Slytherin)

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 83545

nkittyhawk:
> Mandy:

> > Another good example is Professor Snape calling Professor 
> > Lupin 'Lupin' through out PoA showing he thinks very little of 
> > Remus.  Interestingly almost everyone calls Lupin 'Lupin' perhaps 
> > because of his part animal nature puts him below the full humans. 
> 
> Well, you have to remember that Lupin was once a professor. Do you 
> think they call Dumbledore Dumbledore because he's lower than them? 
> They don't say Professor, because they're not talking TO them. 
> They've never really said "Remus" because, for the whole first year 
> that they knew him, he was "Professor Lupin". After that, it was 
> just Lupin because they never called him Remus. If McGonagall 
> retired, they wouldn't suddenly start calling her "Minerva".
They're 
> just not used to it. They call Sirius "Sirius" because there was 
> never a time that he was "higher" in status. (like a professor)
> 
I also get the impression that Lupin doesn't use his first name much
himself. The first time his first name is mentioned is Sirius calling
him Remus in PoA. Sirius & Peter presumably use his first name from
their time in Hogwarts together. Dumbledore uses his first name a few
times, but he calls everyone by their first name. The only other
people calling him Remus are Kingsley, and oddly enough, Tonks.
("Don't call me Nymphadora, *Remus*... it's Tonks." )

It's also notable that no one in their right mind calls Hagrid by his
first name. (only Tom Riddle & Ollivander use it)...
--Arcum