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Plays on words and meanings of names in HP, Diagon Alley - what I sadly only just picked up on
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it's a small thing, but I just noticed it. Diagon Alley, with alley abbreviated, becomes diagonal. I've been reading these books ever since I started reading (my entire life) and I only just picked up on that. D: It's cool, though.


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- nachtweiss   Plays on words and meanings of names in HP   Aug 26 2009, 02:11 PM
- - biggestharrypotterfan   QUOTE(nachtweiss @ Aug 26 2009, 12:11 PM)...   Aug 26 2009, 02:54 PM
|- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTE(biggestharrypotterfan @ Aug 26 2009, 03...   Aug 30 2009, 06:00 PM
|- - George Weasley's Girlfriend   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Aug 30 2009, 07...   Sep 2 2009, 03:00 PM
- - gillrichard   Kreacher? Creature? Took me the best part of 3 r...   Aug 26 2009, 03:29 PM
- - ToNkS_rip   i had the Kreacher thing too. and there was somet...   Aug 29 2009, 01:50 PM
- - Hannibal Granger   Diagon Alley - diagonally Pensieve - pensive Grimm...   Sep 1 2009, 09:47 AM
|- - SilverDragoness   QUOTE(Hannibal Granger @ Sep 1 2009, 10:4...   Sep 2 2009, 09:23 AM
|- - Hannibal Granger   QUOTE(SilverDragoness @ Sep 2 2009, 10:23...   Sep 3 2009, 08:20 AM
- - SilverDragoness   Nocturne Alley = nocturnally   Sep 1 2009, 11:04 AM
- - JohannMdlAmerica   Flourish... has anyone here seen old style script ...   Sep 1 2009, 10:08 PM
- - lirene   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Aug 30 2009, 07...   Sep 2 2009, 06:50 PM
- - JohannMdlAmerica   The things you don't notice until others bring...   Sep 2 2009, 11:03 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTE(George Weasley's Girlfriend @ Sep 2...   Sep 3 2009, 04:56 AM
|- - Hannibal Granger   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Sep 3 2009, 05:5...   Sep 3 2009, 07:56 AM
- - MTBlond   QUOTE(Hannibal Granger @ Sep 3 2009, 06:5...   Sep 3 2009, 08:49 AM
|- - Kalin   QUOTE(MTBlond @ Sep 3 2009, 11:19 PM) As ...   Sep 3 2009, 07:46 PM
- - JohannMdlAmerica   Considering how JKR modeled Voldemort (if you acce...   Sep 3 2009, 11:21 PM
- - Laura W   Johann: An interesting bit of trivia being that J...   Sep 4 2009, 01:20 AM
|- - JohannMdlAmerica   QUOTE(Laura W @ Sep 4 2009, 01:20 AM) Joh...   Sep 4 2009, 06:30 PM
|- - Laura W   QUOTE(JohannMdlAmerica @ Sep 4 2009, 05:3...   Sep 4 2009, 09:26 PM
- - m0j1k   I love how there are so many references to stars a...   Sep 8 2009, 03:19 PM
- - Bookworm_Weasley   *Hermione was named after the character in Shakesp...   Sep 8 2009, 05:04 PM

 

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