[HPforGrownups] Re: Elf names

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 91986

>Sue:
>I think it is a reflection of the way the WW views house elves.   I
>assume the family who owns the elf names him/her.  They do not seem
>to generally give them credit for their capabilities and certainly do
>not value their intelegence.  To me Kreacher's name is much more
>interesting.  Seems to me that even as a baby (are house elves ever
>babies?) he was an odd bird.

I assume house elves start out as babies because they have mothers (Winky 
said she, her mother, and her grandmother had all served the Crouch family).

And I think Kreacher's name is simply a pun.  Whether it came from Mrs. 
Black or from JKR, I don't know, but I'd bet on JKR because I see absolutely 
no evidence that Mrs. Black has a sense of humor, even a rude one.  (If she 
did, her screaming in the hall might be more entertaining.)


Janet Anderson

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