[HPforGrownups] Re: Not All Weasley's are Weasley's

[K G]

No: HPFGUIDX 101955



Mandy <ExSlytherin at aol.com> wrote:

Mandy, who's British and was just wondering if any American readers 
would recognize the subtle class issues involved in the names people 
have in the UK?  




Mandy (my daughter is Amanda and we call her Manda),

I am from the US (as you have been able to tell from my past posts).  In fact I am from the rural northern Georgia hills.  Do I see class differences and names?  No.  Not with me, anyway.  When I see names such as Fred, George, Charlie, Bill, and Arthur I think "old fashioned" as in a couple of generations back in our geneology.  (my mom has traced ours back to 1600's Ireland)  Names here are pretty much not class but heritage based.  You can tell from mine and my kids names (Karan, Amanda, Nicholas and Devon) that we are origionally from Western Europe. Names like "Harry" and "James" may be used as middle names to honor someones grandfather but you rarely see them used as "call names" (to use a dog show term).  I guess this is my long winded way to say that I, at least, see the names in a bit of a different way.

moonmyyst


		
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