HP translations- the name 'Hogwarts'

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 109754

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eloise_herisson"
<eloiseherisson at a...> wrote:
> Sandra:
> 
> > I have checked the HP Lexicon and it says:
> > "The name "Hogwarts" is actually the name of a flower. JKR 
> > said: "I ... recalled the day we went to Kew Gardens and saw those
> > lilies that were called Hogwarts. I'd seen them seven years before
> >  .... When Hogwarts occurred to me as a name for the school, I had
> > no idea where it came from." (SMH) "


> ~Eloise
> 
> I hesitate at present to suggest that perhaps JKR made a mistake 
> here...;-) Well, not exactly a mistake as such.
> 
> Although I have no doubt that the sound of the name stuck in her
> mind from this encounter at Kew, in fact the flower is spelled 
> "Hogwort", .... "Wort" is a  common flower name suffix ...
> Clearly this punned itself with "hog" and "wart" in her mind.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> ~Eloise


Asian_lovr2:

Let's not forget about 'Wart Hogs'.

Wart Hog - A wild African hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) that has two
tusks and wartlike growths on the face.

I think to some extent, JKR just like the sound of the word. I
remember when she was looking for a name for the most popular
wizarding sport, she knew it started with a "Q" and searched until she
came up with 'Quidditch'. She extended her liking for the sound of
Hogwarts by also seeing it as a 'twist' on Wart Hogs. 

In addition, there is historic, both real-life and fictional, 
association between witches and warts. 

Note: the visual references to Hogs that appear; winged boars flanking
the main gates to the grounds. Could those be winged wart hogs? The
severed hog's head on the sign outside the Hog's Head Inn. 

As long as you mentioned 'wort', there is an alternate meaning to that
word too.

Wort - An infusion of malt that is fermented to make beer. 

Beer is the modern version of it's ancient predecessor Mead. So, by
extending the association, Hog+wort becomes Hog+mead=Hogsmeade.


Conclusion, she managed to work both 'wart' and 'wort' into
associations with Hogs.

Just a thought.

Steve/asian_lovr2