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[nineveh_uk]

Can any Potter-fans remember whether the formula "Auror [Moody]" is actually used in the novels, as opposed to being a fandom coinage?

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[ironed_orchid]

Used in the same way as one would say Doctor [Moody] or Mister [Moody]? I'm pretty sure it's not.

I've read the potter books plenty of times and never noticed it, and not enough fanfic to be aware of fan usage.

[legionseagle]

I've a strong suspicion I've seen a sentence in one of the books which lists a group of people and ends with "...and Aurors [ ] and [ ]." I think in that case it's being used purely descriptively, as you might say "and batsmen Fowler and Pietersen" but it may have led to confusion, along the lines of "You're nutters, the pair of you".

[nineveh_uk]

That seems like a plausible explanation of how it gained fanon currency. Oh for a searchable e-text (of course, I could just buy one).

[ironed_orchid]

Oh, I think I know where you mean. It's a list of people killed by death eaters in book 6 or 7.

I think you're right about it being a description and not a title.

[legionseagle]

Ah - perhaps it's an announcement on the resistance radio station in book 7? That would fit the format I'm visualising. Casualties and missing.

[nineveh_uk]

Thanks - I've been thinking "well, I think it's fanon, but I could be wrong". It all gets very confusing.

[auntyros.livejournal.com]

I am reasonably sure not, but that is only from memories of coming across it in fandom and thinking it sounded weird.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

That's my assumption, too, but it would be convenient if I were wrong!

[auntyros.livejournal.com]

Also I have now had to look up Auror and edit the HP wiki entry which had the most ridiculous suggestions for its etymology.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Oh dear... I can tell which is your bit!

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

I had a flick through the later books and couldn't find it being used anywhere (Aurors are variously referred to by surname, first name, both, or title + surname when the title is something other than Auror ("Professor Moody"). That doesn't prove that it's never used, though ...

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It doesn't seem that it is used, but fanon can be insidious! It is for such things that a searchable electronic text is really useful.

[white_hart]

I don't recall ever having heard that before, which suggests it's not canon.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

This seems to be the consensus.

[snorkackcatcher]

99% sure that it isn't. There aren't actually that many named Aurors in the series, and AFAIR everybody just refers to them by their surname when "on the job".

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought, but then I get paranoid that I've in fact missed an instance.