A tinsy winsy question

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 96263

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanar" <naama2486 at y...> wrote:
> I've been reading the transcript of an old webchat with JKR, and a 
> certain part caught my eye:
> 
> "Q:You have such a phenomenal imagination! Is it a result of a very 
> imaginative childhood?
> A:First of all, I will be using your name in a future book..."
> 
> [Barnes&Noble.com - September 8, 1999]
> 
> Link to the transcript I've read from:
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/0999-
> barnesnoble-staff.htm
> 
> Does anyone know what name they are talking about? 
> (Because I'm dead curious)
> 
> 
> -- Amanar, 
> recommending everyone to revisit the old transcripts.


Though I've gotten a bit behind reading posts, I've searched the
archives for a reply and didn't find one, so assuming I didn't just
overlook one, here goes:

I found another transcript of this chat at www.hogwarts-library.net .
 Clicking on "Reference" and then scrolling down and clicking on
"Interviews" will bring up quite a few, including the two Barnes and
Noble chats.  On this site they include the question writers' names,
and I found something interesting!

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Icicle from United States Question 18:	

You have such a phenomenal imagination! Is it a result of a very
imaginative childhood?

J.K. Rowling:	

First of all, I will be using your name in a future book. To answer
your question, yes, I lived a lot in a fantasy world when I was
younger and spent a lot of time daydreaming — to my parents frustration.
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So JKR made a joking reference to using Icicle's name, I assume just
because she was flattered by Icicle's comment.  Then, in a B & N chat
from 2000 (by searching in Quick Quotes on TLC), we find: 

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Q: Is there really a new character named Icicle in your next book?

JKR: Where are you people getting this stuff?! No, nobody called
icicle, I promise.
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I'd never read these two together before, so I'd never made the
connection (not that this isn't old news to some of you all, I'm sure)!

Annemehr