Harry at the Dursleys / DD's feelings about it

[delwynmarch]

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Geoff wrote :
"This has just made me sit up and think. I've never made a connection
 with mollycoddling here but could this be another of JKR's tongue-in-
cheek name jokes? Was Ron's mother called Molly to emphasise this?"

Del replies :
You hadn't realised it yet :-) ?

I didn't know the word "mollycoddling" when I first met Molly. But
when I discovered that word and figured its meaning, I immediately
realised it was another name-joke on the part of JKR.

But I guess it was easier for me. That's one of the rare advantages of
having English as a second language : I can have a more distanced look
on words.

Del