Hello all,
I am new to the infected, but I have been re-re-reading LTROI for an essay on literary 'representations of little girls'* and rediscovering my love for this world.
A very small detail has caught my eye, and I was wondering if anyone had any further thoughts on this.
It is somewhat strange to me that Håkan and Jocke share a surname, Bengtsson. Does anyone have any possible theories? Are they perhaps related? Or is this just a coincidence?
Thank you! Love to you all!
*I know Eli is not a little girl, but I am interested in the ways they deviate from this notion
Håkan and Jocke?
Re: Håkan and Jocke?
Well, Bengtsson is a fairly common surname - apparently the 17th commonest surname in Sweden.
Source: https://spraakbanken.gu.se/statistik/lbenamnalf.phtml
Source: https://spraakbanken.gu.se/statistik/lbenamnalf.phtml
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist
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Re: Håkan and Jocke?
Wild, okay! Thank you 
Re: Håkan and Jocke?
That list is a good resource.
Re: Håkan and Jocke?
Welcome to WTI, pgktdanielhh!
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