*Onomastic Schemes in Harry Potter and The Deathly HallowsBy Alleen Pace NilsenAnd Don L. F. Nilsen

*Alleen Nilsen and Harry Potter

*Don Nilsen and Harry Potter

*Part I: Surface Structure Schemes

AlliterationAssonanceCacophonyDeconstructionEthnicityEuphonyPoetic Scansion

*ALLITERATED HOUSE FOUNDERS:

Godric Gryffindor

Helga Huffenpuff

Rowena Ravenclaw

Salazar Slytherin

*ALLITERATED TEACHER NAMES:

Filius Flitwick

Minerva McGonaggal

Alastor (Madeye) Moody

Severus Snape

*ALLITERATED STUDENT NAMES:

Cho Chang

Dedalus Diggle

Viktor Krum: Note k spelling

Luna Lovegood

*ALLITERATED OTHER PEOPLES NAMES:

Bathilda Bagshot

The Bloody Baron

Dudley Dursley

Gellert Grindelwald

Ted Tonks: Nymphadoras Father

*ALLITERATED GHOST NAMES:Moaning Myrtle

Nearly Headless Nick

*ALLITERATED PLACE NAMES:

Borgin and Burkes Store

Forbidden Forest

Hogs Head Tavern

Room of Requirement

*ALLITERATED THING NAMES:

Decoy DetonatorFiendfyreNosebleed NouggatsPolyjuice PotionPuking PastillesSkiving SnackboxesHeadless HatsWeasleys Wildlife Whiz-Bangs

*EYE ALLITERATION:

Caterwauling Charm

Stan Shunpike (Director of the Knightbus)

*ASSONANCE OF PEOPLES NAMES:

Hannah Abbott

Fleur Delacour

Vernon Dursley

Gray Lady: Ghost of Helena Ravenclaw

*ASSONANCE OF OTHER NAMES:

Godrics Hollow

Potterwatch

Snargaluff Pods

Sword of Gryffindor

*CACOPHONOUS TEACHER NAMES:

Hagrid

Severus Snape: Snake + Hissing Sound

Dolores Umbridge

*CACOPHONOUS STUDENT NAMES:

Crabbe: cf. Crab

Goyle: cf. Gargoyle

Viktor Krum: Crumb

*CACOPHONOUS OTHER PEOPLES NAMES:

Dudley Dursley

Mundungus (Dung) Fletcher

Grawp

Rufus Scrimgeour: Minister of Magic

Kingsley Shacklebolt

Horace (Slug) Slughorn

Nymphadora Tonks

*CACOPHONOUS THINGS:

Blibbering HumdingerDung BombsFlourish and Blotts StoreMudbloodsMugglesThe QuibblerSnargaluff JuiceSpattergroit (Rons fake illness)Splinching (what Ron does)Squibs

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DECONSTRUCTION I: PARAPHRASE

The One Who Lived/Undesirable No. 1/ The Chosen One (Harry Potter)

R.A.B. (Regulus Arcturus Black)

You Know Who, He Who Must Not be Named, The Dark Lord, Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)

Death Stick, Wand of Destiny, Elder Wand

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DECONSTRUCTION II: GOOD-GUY NICKNAMES (IRONIC)

Dogbreath (Elphias Doge)Dora (Nymphadora Tonks)Moony (Remus Lupin): WerewolfPadfoot (Sirius Black): DogRiver (Lee Jordan)Rodent/Rapier (Fred Weasley)Romulus (Remus Lupin)Prongs (James Potter): StagRoyal (Kingsley Shacklebolt)Witherwings (Buckbeak)

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DECONSTRUCTION III: BAD-GUY NICKNAMES

Cissy (Narcissa Malfoy)Vernon Dudley (false name for Harry Potter)Dung (Mundungus Fletcher)Slug (Horace Slughorn)Scabbers (Peter Pettigrew): RatTuney (Petunia Dursley)Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew): Rat

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DECONSTRUCTION IV: The Scar on Harrys Forehead

Whenever Harrys forehead hurts Voldemorts thinking is entering Harrys mind.

*ETHNICITY I:

CHINESE:Cho Chang

FRENCH:Beauxbatons Academy Fleur Delacour Bellatrix LeStrange GERMAN:Durmstrang Academy Gellert Grindelwald (Gellert is Hungarian)

GERMANIC:Nurmengard Prison Wizengemot

*ETHNICITY II:

IRISH:Seamus Finnegan

ITALIAN:Firenze: Palomino CentaurSCOTTISH & WELSH:McGonnaggal & GellertRUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN:Dolohov Gregorovich: Wand MakerIgor KarkaroffViktor Krum (Hungarian)

*EUPHONY:The Order of the PhoenixPhoenix Rising Conference

EYE RHYME:Viktor Krum

SLANT RHYME:Rita Skeeter

POETIC SCANSION: Helena Ravenclaw (same scansion as Rowena Ravenclaw, her mother)

*SPELLING INNOVATION:

Diagon AlleyFloo PowderKnight BusKreacherN.E.W.T.O.W.L.R.A.B. (Regulus Arcturus Black)

QUESTION: What is the answer to the Tom Marvolo Riddle?ANSWER: I am Lord Voldemort.

*Parody Book TitlesNote Phonetic Similarities

The Philosophers Stone (The Sorcerers Stone in U.S.)

The Chamber of Secrets

The Goblet of Fire

The Order of the PhoenixThe Philosophers Scone (The Magic Biscuit in U.S.)

The Chamberpot of Secrets

The Acne of Fire

The Order of the Penis(Chang 10)(Gerber 11, 86, 112-113)

*Parody Spells:Note that they are more contemporary than the originalsAnorexianervosa!: Changes a person into a rail-thin person.Arsenio: Turns a person into an African AmericanAveda Neutrogena! A death-by-moisturizing spellOpenadoora!: Open the door!

(Gerber 55, 111, 125-126)(Chang 19-20)

*Schemes in a Parody of Harry Potter

Albus DumbledoreHermione GrangerMinerva McGonnagleMadame PomfreyHarry PotterSeverus SnapeVoldemort (the Dark Lord, he who must not be named)Ron WeasleyAlpo BumblemoreErmine CringerProfessor McGoogleMadam PommerfritteBarry TrotterProfessor SnipeValumart (the Dork Lord, he who smells)

Lon Measley(Chang 8-9)

*Other Names Include:Basil BasingstokeBrainless BillChi ChingFlatulent Fanny (like Moaning Myrtle)The Forsaken Forest (like the Forbidden Forest) Buggering Birch (like the Whomping Willow)(Gerber 11, 21, 31, 34, 136)(Chang 21)

*Alliteration and Assonance ofParody Places & Games

GriffindorHogwartsHufflepuffRavenclawSlytherinGrittyfloorHogwashPufnstufRadishgnawSilverfish(Gerber 9, 21, 130)

*Quidditch Quiddit (Quit it!)In a Quiddit game, Lon Measley suffers an accident in which a Basher whiffed on a Brainer, causing it to lodge in Lons noggin at great speed.When the school nurse tried to pull it out it became further imbedded, eventually penetrating Lons head and leaving a peephole.With the Brainer gone, Lon became a no brainer, both physically and intellectually.(Gerber 13)(Chang 13-14)

*Onomastic AnagramsJust as Tom Marvolo Riddle transforms into I am Lord Voldemort.

Art L. Valumord transforms into Art Valumart, and Valid Tumor Alarm transforms into I am Lord Valumart. (Gerber 111)(Chang 18, 24)

*Harry Potter Web Sites*HARRY POTTER LEXICON:http://www.hp-lexicon.org/

*HOW HARRY POTTER SHOULD HAVE ENDED:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYWT5Q_R_w *INFORMATION FOR MUGGLES:www.Mugglenet.com

*J. K. ROWLING:http://www.jkrowling.com/

*TERMINUS:www.terminus2008.org

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