Rose and Hugo (and now CV)

[mooseming]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at ...> wrote:
>
> Potioncat wrote:
> > Someone asked where the names Rose and Hugo came from. Puzzled 
me too 
> > at first, so early in the morning. Just read over "Nineteen 
Years 
> > Later," again and it hit me. Very obvious really. Ron named 
their 
> > daughter and Hermione named their son.
> > 
> > Ron told Hermione he was naming her after dear old Auntie Rose, 
but 
> he 
> > really named her for Rosmerta.
> > 
> > Hermione said she was namimg their son for her favorite Muggle 
> author, 
> > but didn't mention to Ron what Mr. Hugo's first name is. Her own 
> little 
> > joke.
> >
> Ginger, who posed the question in the first place responds:
> Bloody 'ell, woman, you GOT it!
> 
> You are a genius!
> 
> OK, now for another question:  Vernon says in chapter 3, "If we'd 
seen 
> CV's..."  Harry cuts him off there, but I can't help wondering 
what the 
> heck would reassure Vernon, and I'm not sure it's not a witty, 
> talented, Filk-writer (or several of her, or something belonging 
to 
> her, since the use of the apostrophe is ambiguous in this case).
> 
> But then, again, Ron is refered to as "ginger" enough in this book 
that 
> I was starting to feel a bit self-concious.  Maybe She does read 
> filks.  Oooooh.
> 
> Ginger, wondering if CV is a British thing, and if so, could 
someone 
> enlighten her?
>

Sadly it's very dull....curriculum vitae (CV) is British for a 
resume, a description of career, qualifications and such.

Unless, of course, there's more to Vernon than we think, perhaps 
he's the character who gets a sense of humour late in life.

Jo