"Pensieve": was "wandless magic"

[Lisa (Jennings) Mamula]

No: HPFGUIDX 116706


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
<LisaMarie brutally SNIPS all the intelligent, substantive parts of the message 
in order to respond to Potioncat's cute "collandar" comment>

> Potioncat:
> Who suddenly remembers being a child and using a collandar as a 
> knight's helmet.  (Sorry, a collandar is always what I picture when 
> I see the word Pensieve although of course, it wouldn't work at all.)


LisaMarie muses:
I wondered if I was the only one who thought of the Pensieve looking a lot like 
the dish I use to strain my spagetti!

Seriously, the etymology of Pensieve has always interested me.  First, it looks 
like "pensive," meaning "deep in thought."  Then, you can also see the "sieve" 
part, bringing to mind the kitchen implement: a basin full of small holes.  So, 
we combine the two and have the "Pensieve," a basin to hold thoughts that 
one wishes to guard, to delay, or ?to consider objectively? ... Interesting.