some revalations while re-reading goblet of fire

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22099

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., big_bad_ad at h... wrote:
> > I was under the impresion that a mudblood was half muggle.
> > 
> > harry is not a mudblood, because although his mother was muggle 
> born, 
> > she was, in fact, a witch.
> 
> Right.  The definitions are:
> 
> Pure-blood: Born of a witch-wizard couple (regardless of how "pure" 
> their blood is)
> 
> Half-Muggle: Born of one magical parent and one Muggle parent; in 
> canon these always seem to be magical children, too (we haven't 
heard 
> about a student who is half-Muggle who has a non-magical sibling)
> 
> Muggle-born (bad language: Mudblood): Born of two Muggles.  This 
> magical ability seems to pop up regularly like a recessive gene or 
> something.
> 
> Squib: Non-magical or nearly non-magical person born of magical 
> parents.  (Perhaps more likely if only one parent is magical; see 
> Half-Muggle, above.  Perhaps Filch has a Muggle parent?)
> 
> Anyway, Squibs in the magical world seem to be roughly the flip 
side 
> of Muggle-borns in the Muggle world.  I hope we learn more about 
> Squibs, other than what sort of shady owl-post lessons are 
available 
> for them to (supposedly) improve their magical performance.
> 
> --Barb

How exactly did you obtain these definitions, Barb, particularly for 
Half-muggle and mudblood?  If this is your opinion, that is fine, but 
you should say so.  If it is based on something it says in the book, 
I think that most people on this list would like to know more detail 
-- for example, exactly where does it say what the difference between 
a mudblood and a half blood is?  

I know this may sound picky to some people, but I think it is really 
important to differentiate between what is actually stated in the 
books (e.g. Harry is a wizard), what is implied in the books (e.g. 
There is more going on with Mrs. Figg who lives near Privet Drive 
than we know), what is conjecture based on the implications in the 
book (e.g. Hermione will be a prefect), and what is purely 
speculation on the part of the person posting (e.g. Harry and 
Hermione will fall in love).

--Joywitch