what is in a name?

[Meredith]

No: HPFGUIDX 121462


> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > This is going to seem way off the wall. But I was just thinking 
> > about the fact that the founders of each house have a first and 
> last initial that are alike.

Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Dedalus Diggle... There are many 
instances of alliterative names in the Potterverse. It's one of 
those things that seems very literary, especially in a fantasy 
sense. However, it's only secondary characters with the same 
initials - none of the Weasleys, Potters, Hermione, Lupin, 
Dumbledore, Hagrid, or Sirius have the same initials. As a person 
with three of the smae initial, I admit that I enjoy it. We know 
that JKR's names usually mean something, but I can't quite grasp the 
meaning of the initials.


~Luckie