Discussion HPDH

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190740



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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>> Nikkalmati:
> > 
> > Just a little joke. :>).  Has any one considered that the Weasleys all have ordinary English names while most other characters are somewhat strange.  All right Generva is unusual, but she gores by Ginny. 
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> Geoff:
> What's strange about Harry, Vernon, Dudley, Petunia, Minerva, Dean, Hermione, 
> Cedric, Ernie, Neville just to mention a few off the top of my head?
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Nikkalmati

I don't want to get into any trouble here.  It wan't meant as a profound observation.  I don't mean they are the only ones with average everyday names, but they form a group that stands out because their names are all unexceptional.  

In your list surely you would agree that Minerva and Hermione are unusual.  A range of names are not commonly seen nowadays Cornelius, Dudley (I at least have never seen it before), Narcissa, Bellatrix, Lavender, Luna, Zacharius, Phineas.  Others are rather strange: Severus. Ludo, Lucius, Sirius, Rubeus, Olympe, Draco, Regulus, Remus, Xenophilius.  There are many others that fall into the unusual or strange categories, don't you think?

Nikkalmati