Random facts ... Weasleys- inconsistency or flint?

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 99108

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> > 
bboy_mn:
> 
> Also, keep in mind that we are comparing a portion of the published
> book with a draft that was never integrated into the story; that is
> never published, and therefore subject to change.
> 
> Note from JKR's website that Ron is one of something like three
> characters in the whole series who kept the same last name from
> beginning to end; beginning to end of the planning of the books. So,
> it's possible that other Weasley brothers were not originally
> Weasleys, but as JKR worked out the story and refind things a bit,
> they were merged into one big happy family. 
> 
> Not stating that as a fact, just trying to illustrate how this
> mysterious Weasley relative could, as Ron said, be an accountant in
> Ron's mind, yet still be a stockbroker in the rough draft in which
> that person orginally was intended to appear. We can't treat every
> detail of a rough draft as absolute canon.
> 


Can't a person be an accountant (i.e., trained as one) AND a 
stockbroker (i.e., in his current job)? 

Naama