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[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190162



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:
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> > Has anyone ever worked out how many characters or place names in the series? Clearly she put a great deal of thought into some names and a bit less in others. Still, it's curious that she forgot Lily's maiden name was Evans and gave it to a throw away character as well.
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> Pippin:
> Jim Dale or Stephen Frye may have -- they had to figure out how to pronounce them all. :)
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> I don't believe JKR forgot Lily's maiden name was Evans, she just misjudged the effect. I think she was going for the idea that Petunia Dursley, nee Evans, who complains that Harry Potter is such a common name, had a common name herself. 
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Nikkalmati

Commenting on Petunia's statement, "common" has two meanings.  One is not unusual, frequently used, but I believe Petunia was referring to the second meaning - low class.  If taken literally a potter is a tradesman and I think Petunia was making a snide remark about Harry's father's famiy.  I have no clue about the social status of "Evans."

Nikkalmati (for full disclosure there are some Evanses in my family tree)