JKR punning names (was: New Member and question)

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 160708

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "usaixoise" <Aixoise at ...> wrote:
> I must confess, with similar embarassment, that due to her 
character's
> bizarre behavior and name, I very much expected that Luna Lovegood
> would turn out to be a werewolf, vampire or have some other lunar-
> referenced mystical affliction.  Turns out (so far)she's just odd :o)

Charles:

But Luna *is* a space case, so I do think her name would count. One 
I'm kicking myself for not seeing until this discussion is Rita 
Skeeter. (skeeter=Southern US slang for mosquito-Rita bing an insect 
animagus)I can't be certain of it being intentional, but it sure fits 
the pattern. This may just come from the fact that I'm exhausted and 
headed for bed, but has anybody noticed that Tom is the Riddle that 
Harry has to figure out?

Charles, who is going to bed before he blurts out another sentence 
like that last one.