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

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 157564

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" <gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bored_in_Texas" 
> <friartuck97@> 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.
>

Ken:

Did anyone else notice the reference to "Dogwarts" near the beginning of
"Wallace and Grommit: The Curse of the Wererabbit"? Could Fang be 
a wizard?

Ken ;-)