Did I Miss Something?

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 81389

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Missy" <missygallant2000 at y...> 
wrote:
>  (Since McGonagall is such a 
> German sounding name- it should be leiderhosen?)
> 
> Missy

As a german, I assure you, that McGonagall is definitely not a german 
name. I would be really surprised, if there is one single german, 
with that name. The prefix Mc or Mac is mostly a sign for a Scottish 
name. This also fits with the fact, that Harry dreamed, that she was 
playing the bagpipe. The bagpipe is a typical scottish instrument. Of 
course this was just in a dream, there it is questionable if this 
does really count as canon. Still it's very likely, that Minerva is 
scottish or has at least scottish ancestors.

Hickengruendler