Wordplay/ What's fun about the HPs?

[Najwa]

No: HPFGUIDX 152563

> Magpie wrote:
> Oh, I don't think there is a connection to the school.  It just 
> sounds funny, is my guess, for the hog connection, which is also 
> connected to Hogsmeade.  The area may have originally been 
> associated with pigs. <snip> Then of course there's the winged 
> boars outside the school suggesting "when pigs fly."


Najwa now:

Here is some information at the possible meanings behind the wordplay
on Hogwarts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts:

" Rowling has suggested that the name 'Hogwarts' derives from a type
of lily which she had seen at Kew Gardens some time before writing the
Harry Potter books.

Rowling probably settled upon this name for its comic potential, as a
rearrangement of the word warthog. She may also have been influenced
by the structure of the place name Oxford (Ox-ford; Hog-warts).
Rowling sought a place at Oxford University, but was rejected, in her
eyes on prejudicial grounds similar to those espoused by "pure-blood"
advocates at Hogwarts. Harry Potter's discovery that he is a special
child, destined for a magical school, can be read as a
fulfillment-in-fiction of Rowling's thwarted academic objective (it
should be noted that Harry and his creator share the same birthday).

By coincidence, the name Hogwarts also features in the Molesworth
books. The Hogwarts is the title of one of Molesworth's imitation
Latin plays, and Hoggwart is also the name of the headmaster of
Porridge Court, a rival of St. Custard's, Molesworth's terrible prep
school.

It has also been suggested that Rowling may have found some
inspiration from Atlantic College, a real co-educational boarding
school in Britain, which really is based in an ancient castle."


I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Najwa