[HPforGrownups] Meeting real people with HP character names?

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 193091

It could also be a nod to Arsene Lupin, the French answer to Raffles, and
the modern anime character Lupin III.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Bart Lidofsky bart at moosewise.com
[HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> On 1/14/2017 10:11 PM, Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
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> > Really? Not Fang? Smiles. Actually, I wonder about real Lupins. That is
> because there is a Charles Dickens character with the same last name. One
> of these days I will read Harry Potter bookshelf, which discusses some of
> Rowling's influences. I know she loves Dickens as do I, but am unsure which
> books she appreciates most. Kare
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> Bart:
> Given her predilection for pun names, I am assuming that Remus is for
> the legendary founder of Rome who was raised by a wolf, and Lupin is for
> "lupine", or wolf-like. Just like Sirius is also known as the "dog star".
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