Durmstrang

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 95741

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, squeakinby <squeakinby at t...> 
wrote:

Jem Blume:
> I apologize if this has been said 100+ times before but the 
discussion 
> of Durmstrang not being in Russia made me think of this.
> 
> I always thought it was German.  A wordplay on Sturm und Drang--
storm 
> and stress.

Geoff:
I have mentioned the fact that Durmstrang is a spoonerism on two or 
three occasiosn, most recently message 95217 in a disucssion on puns 
and other wordplays on 5th April.