tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post6355324585323094692..comments2023-08-12T07:55:06.441-04:00Comments on Rhymes with Javelin: One more random factS.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-16303318286355789492007-07-23T16:08:00.000-04:002007-07-23T16:08:00.000-04:00She was named for *her* aunt Hermione, so I always...She was named for *her* aunt Hermione, so I always thought it was a Quaker name, since that's the Quaker branch of my family. <BR/><BR/>(Umm, if I felt comfortable putting my sister's name up in blogland you'd understand exactly how not-Jewish my family of origin is. I converted.)S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-55226210028420919002007-07-23T11:35:00.000-04:002007-07-23T11:35:00.000-04:00Awesome! Do you know if she was named for the Sha...Awesome! Do you know if she was named for the Shakespearean character?<BR/><BR/>Not a very typical Jewish name, Hermione. My great-aunts had names like Edna, Reva, and Nettie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-36264474636815614472007-07-22T13:53:00.000-04:002007-07-22T13:53:00.000-04:00Sure. But I'd heard it pronounced long before I'd...Sure. But I'd heard it pronounced long before I'd seen it written down.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55830807767176233.post-68771311331833117352007-07-22T13:45:00.000-04:002007-07-22T13:45:00.000-04:00So I take it you knew how to pronounce that one be...So I take it you knew how to pronounce that one before book 4? I was doing it completely wrong until JKR explained it simultaneously to me and Viktor Krum. :)Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745262857388007041noreply@blogger.com