Hermione's age (was A Mistake and a Question)

[jonathandupont at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23393

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> Ebony quoted:
> > "'It is your turn to listen, and I beg you not to interrupt me, 
> > because there is very little time', he said quietly. 'There is 
not 
> a 
> > shred of proof to support Black's story, except your word--and 
the 
> > words of two THIRTEEN YEAR OLD wizards will not convince anybody."
> > --Dumbledore, PoA
> > Chapter 21, "Hermione's Secret"
> > p. 287 (British paperback edition)
> > 
> > See, I *knew* I wasn't crazy!
> > 
> > So if the end of PoA is in late spring...
> > 
> > ...Hermione was born in 1980.
> > 
> > --Ebony (who feels sure there's something else in canon to this 
> > effect too)
> 
> Now this is ironic - this whole thread started (message #23257) 
with 
> this passage, on the grounds that it must be a Flint!
> 
> David,  vanishing up his own orifice

Indeed - we're going in circles. I still reckon its more likely (as 
it would fit in with the schooling system) that she's older - I don't 
think that one mention canon is enough to say for sure that she's 
younger.