Naming Puns (was Re: The Grim?)
potioncat
willsonkmom at msn.com
Mon Apr 5 01:57:45 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 95188
> >
sniping a few posts to keep it short
>
>
> Mel:
> It's not a pun, but it's delicious wordplay on "Sturm and Drang"
> this clip from encyclopedia.com:
>
>
> Sturm und Drang (shtoorm oont dräng) or Storm and Stress,
movement
> in German literature that flourished from c.1770 to c.1784. It
takes
> its name from a play by F. M. von Klinger, Wirrwarr; oder, Sturm
und
> Drang (1776).
Potioncat:
Forget I ever mentioned Binns.
Well, if Drumstrang is a rearrangement of Strum and Drang and if
hogwarts is a reversal of warthogs, do we have anything else like
that going on that this simple minded reader missed?
Potioncat who's still laughing at Harry being disillusioned and
wonders at the other jokes that sailed over her head.
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