This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.
Musician Gordon Sumner got the nickname “Sting” because he once performed wearing a black-and-yellow rugby shirt that bandmates said made him look a bumblebee.
“Dumbledore,” an old English word for “bumblebee,” was picked by author J. K. Rowling as the name of Harry Potter’s headmaster because she imagined him wandering around the castle, humming to himself.
These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).
I simply adore Dumbledore, and Sting isn’t too bad himself, thanks for the info!
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Kate, thanks for sharing some thoughts. While I haven’t read any of the Harry Potter series, one of my grandsons read every book.
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I had to read to find out how anyone had got young ppl reading again, Rowlings has a most incredible imagination!
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never heard about how Sting got his name…
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Thanks for your comments on my blog!
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Jim, you are very welcome. I hope you and your family are enjoying yourselves.
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Thanks!
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