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RAB association

Postby youknowwho » Tuesday 3 July 2007 5:42:55pm

For a while now I've been thinking that RAB stands for some sort of association and not a person and it occured to me last night whatb it could be...

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Postby DucksRMagical » Tuesday 3 July 2007 5:50:08pm

I really like this theory! I think it's very plausible. Especially since when you see initials like R.A.B., you automatically think it's a person. It seems like something JKR would do, make you think it's something and then have it be something totally different.
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Postby Run Away!!! » Wednesday 4 July 2007 12:23:59am

Thats exactly what Ive been thinking!!! But the note does make it sound like its just one person.
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Postby Augusta Longbottom » Wednesday 4 July 2007 3:07:54am

That is a great theory, but like Run Away, I think the note implies it's an individuals initials.
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Postby FawkesthePhoenix » Wednesday 4 July 2007 3:06:37pm

good theory, but with a flaw. the note says, I know I'll be long dead before you read this....
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Postby GodrictheGriffon » Thursday 5 July 2007 12:35:14am

It sounds better like that. It could be refering to the one person who figured it out or wrote the note or something but the entire association could have helped. Or it could be the "communal 'we'"
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Postby youknowwho » Thursday 5 July 2007 3:31:20am

It probably was one person sent by the association so he/she referred to him/herself as
I in the note.
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Postby Run Away!!! » Thursday 5 July 2007 3:50:09am

If somebody was writing for the association they would probably refer to it as 'them' not 'I'. I think its one person.
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