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3 years ago
did you ever realise that ‘durmstrang’ is just a spoonerism of the phrase ‘sturm (und) drang’? the school is literally called ‘turmoil’ which is a pertinent little bit of connotation all things considered… “always use the proper name for things harry” and all that
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the literal translation of ‘sturm und drang’ is ‘storm and stress’ which feels even more wizardy
it’s also the name of a german literary movement in the 18th century known for its dramatic and dark overtones
which may be less relevant to harry potter
but there we go
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