Class issues in names was Re: Not All Weasley's are Weasley's

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 101993

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rzl46" <rzl46 at y...> wrote:

MaggieB:
> An American here.  I realize that there are class differences in 
> names across the pond.  I remember reading SS the first time and 
> thinking that surly Aunt Petunia was mad when she called "Harry" a 
> low class common name.  My own gut feeling is that Harry is in 
> general a higher class name than Dudley, is my gut wrong?
> 
> Perhaps some of our British members would care to start a 
discussion 
> along these lines to enlighten the rest of us?
 
Geoff:
Using one of my now standard openings(!), can I direct you to...

There was a short set of posts on this very topic quite recently.They 
were messages: 10207-208-212-218-240-253 which I think you will find 
of interest.