Hogwarts (was Re: Dueling and Honorariums...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 157542

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bored_in_Texas" 
<friartuck97 at ...> wrote:

> Anyway, I was also curious as to the etymology of the 
name "Hogwarts." 
> Was there a wizard by that name?  It can be broken down into an 
> anagram of "Ghost War," but that is pure speculation on many people 
> who are a lot better at anagrams than I am.
> 
> Thanks for any information!

Geoff:
I've always taken it to be another of JKR's wordplays such as her 
spoonerising of "Sturm und Drang" for example or Diagon Alley and 
Knockturn Alley.

In old English, a wild boar would sometimes be called a "warthog" so 
making such as shift would not be out of character.