Severus

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190128



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:

 June:
> > <snip> I read a few years back that some of the names came from
> > places in England either old or recent and if I am remembering
> > correctly Snape is a small town some where in England.
 
Geoff:
> But, to be frank, I see no hidden agenda in their selection as
> > family names in the books.
 
> June:
> I wasn't speculating, I was repeating what I had read on the net
> while looking for information on when Order of the Phoenix was
> coming out. I had read that the name Snape and at least one other
> name had been taken from town names in England. I don't remember
> all the details but this gives you some idea of how long ago it
> was.

Geoff:
If it was when OOTP was coming out, that was in June 2003, because I 
joined HPFGU in the following month.

I didn't think that you were speculating, June. I was just adding my two 
pennyworth to the question of names. My final comment was because 
some of JKR's naming has been carefully worked out. For instance, you 
have the humorous ones like Umbridge, Durmstrang or Grimmauld. And 
those where she subtly changes the meaning of a word as in Disillusion 
or Apparition. I think she must have used the town and regional names 
because she like the sound of them... 

Who knows? 
<loud offstage whisper of 'JKR knows'>.
:-)