Sirius and Remus (was : Re: Use of Hagrid's name - More

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 98129


khilari wrote :
> > > Also Lupin sounds like a name and Black doesn't.

I, Del, wondered :
> > How so ?

Mo answered :
> Lupin is Latin for "Wolf"
> Hence, the whole Werewolf thing...

And Del replies :
Sorry Mo, but that doesn't help :-) To me, Lupin does NOT sound like 
a proper last name, *precisely* because it's so obviously some kind 
of clue. I mean, how many people do you know that are called Lupin ? 
The probable answer is zero. "Black", on the other hand, is a not 
uncommon name. "Sirius" is highly uncommon all right, but "Black" 
isn't. So to me, Black sounds like a real name, and Lupin doesn't. 
While on the other hand, Remus sounds like a real first name, and 
Sirius only reminds me of the star.

By the way, wolf in French is "loup". And still I completely missed 
the clue when I first read PoA :-)

Del