Naming Puns (was Re: The Grim?)

[justcarol67]

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Phil wrote:
To me the most obvious pun is Harry.
As in hairy, which he might have been at birth.
 
"Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall bent forward over the bundle of 
blankets. Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep. Under a
tuft of jet-black hair"
 
Carol:
The baby boy at that point is fifteen months old. There's no way to
know how much hair he had or what color it was. (My own hair was
almost black at birth but that baby fuzz was replaced by golden curls,
which lasted till my mother cut them off when I was three. Now, alas,
my hair straight and sort of brown.)

In any case, Harry (originally a nickname for Henry) is just a name
that JKR liked. I don't think it's intended as a pun. Besides, "hairy"
suggests hairy all over--fuzzy back, fuzzy arms--ack.

Carol, with apologies for the personal details, which are only
intended to illustrate the point