Harry's name / anagrams

[northsouth17]

No: HPFGUIDX 123926


> > Tonks:
> > > What does Harry James Potter spell?
> > 
> > Sarah:
> > A THAMES JERRY PORT
> > A TERAPH, JERRY'S TOM
> > A HEARTY JEST, MR PRO
> > HEART JAR PREYS TOM
> > TOM AJAR, TRY HERPES
> > TOM TRY RESHAPE JAR
> > TOM APE TRASH JERRY
> > TOM RAPE HARRY, JEST
> > TOM RAPE JERRY'S HAT


Northsouth:
Some of those are just a mite creepy, especially with all 
the "Tom"s. "HEART JAR PREYS TOM" is rather sad though. Clearly, 
poor Tom Riddle's mother chose the time honored wizarding burial of 
Mummification (quite Slytherinish, I think), including having her 
internal organs removed and placed in special jars. Not content 
with the death fate had dealt her however, her *heart* (jar and all) 
continued to desperately haunt her young son...who, being raised a 
muggle, had no idea what was going on, and so grew increasingly 
more suspicious and, indeed, terrified of this strange manifestation 
of, uh, heart to heart. Love, he realized, was out to get him, when 
the heavy jar fell on him yet again on some lonely night. By the time 
he arrived at Hogwarts, possessing not a few awful heart themed 
recurring nightmares, and a couple rather serious blows to the head, 
just the thought of "Love" made him shiver. Well, you can see where 
this is going...
Anyway...I thought the name "Harry Potter" came from JKR's neighbour 
or something of the sort. Seems unlikely that it's an anagram. 

Also...if Harry turns out to be an anagram, it strikes me as a bit 
sinister. All the cases of name changes so far have been for less 
than precisely wonderful reasons. The marauders' nicknames are an 
act of deception, and Riddle's whole deconstruction of his name is 
just pathetic and awful all at once.

Northsouth17