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nineveh_uk ([personal profile] nineveh_uk) wrote2013-03-10 08:57 pm
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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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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2013-03-11 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] auntyros.livejournal.com 2013-03-10 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I am reasonably sure not, but that is only from memories of coming across it in fandom and thinking it sounded weird.

[identity profile] auntyros.livejournal.com 2013-03-10 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Also I have now had to look up Auror and edit the HP wiki entry which had the most ridiculous suggestions for its etymology.

[identity profile] littlered2.livejournal.com 2013-03-10 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
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 ...
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[personal profile] white_hart 2013-03-10 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't recall ever having heard that before, which suggests it's not canon.
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[personal profile] snorkackcatcher 2013-03-10 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
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".
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