"The Animagus Black!"

[Tim Johnson Family]

No: HPFGUIDX 80034

RTJ wrote:
> > All right--it's possible that Bellatrix calls him the Animagus
Black because that's what LV calls him. The question is, why
would he? < <

Pippin wrote:
>Because both "Sirius" and "Black" are ambiguous. If you heard
>someone shout "I was fighting Sirius Black!" you might think,
>"serious black what?"  One of the reasons for  military jargon is
>to avoid problems like that. >>>

"Animagus Black" is just as ambiguous. You could think, "Animagus Black?
what black animagus?"

RTJ wrote:
> > Anyway, Sirius is a very notorious wizard, and even Voldy, who
hasn't been reading the papers for thirteen years, would probably 
speak of him by his name. When I talk about Britney Spears, I say 
Britney Spears, not The Young Singer and Entertainer Britney Spears. > >

Laura:
>But why would you talk about Britney Spears at all?  <grins-sorry,
>couldn't resist> The way that horrible woman refers to Sirius sounds to 
me like a way of objectifying him, turning him into something non-human. >>>

I said Britney Spears because everyone knows who she is.  I was actually
thinking about my parents, who are terribly pop-culture illiterate (refuse
to watch TV). If I said "Avril Lavigne," he wouldn't know who I was talking
about, so I would have to qualify it ("y'know, that singer").  I say Britney
Spears, he knows who Britney Spears is.
If Bellatrix wants to objectify Sirius, then it follows that she feels
guilty about killing him.
--RTJ