Discussion HPDH

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 190814

> > June:
> > Also as someone has pointed out a lot of the unusual names
> > mean something that describes the character ie Lupin being
> > from the Latin word Lupus meaning wolf.

> Geoff:
> This one completely threw me when I first read POA. My reaction
> was "Why is this guy's family name the name of a a flower?"
>
> It was only when his werewolf background was revealed that I
> realised that JKR wasn't getting his name from "lupin" but from
> "lupine", meaning "wolfish or wolf-like"

June:
Oh, I didn't know that lupin was a flower. But not a surprise, the
only thing I really know about plants is, if I touch them, they die
lol.

> > June:
> > <snip> My uncle Jack's name was actually John but Jack is
> > another version of John (I don't like to call it a short form
> > because it is not shorter). <snip>

> Geoff:
> A bit OT but I didn't include Jack/John because it is more of a
> nickname than a shortening.
>
> Returning to William, Liam is not used n the UK as an
> abbreviation; it is a "complete" name with an Irish Gaelic origin.

June:
That is what I would have thought too but the site I had posted
earlier said that in Ireland it is short for William. Two things
to consider though, one is that it does actually make sense because
Liam is the last 4 letters in William and not all of Ireland is
considered to be British. A quarter of my family is from Ireland,
unfortunatly that is my mother's father and he passed away days
after I was born so I didn't get to learn much about my Irish roots
and I actually keep forgetting whether it is the north or south that
is not British (I do know that my grandfather's family were from the
British side). If anyone wants to tell me which is which you are
more than welcome but this time tomorrow I will probably forget
again lol.


ELF NOTE:  To the participants of this thread, please make sure
to bring the topic back to Harry Potter, as it's wandering a little
off topic.  Thank you!