Ethnicity of students (was Hogwarts Location)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 14462

Rebecca wrote, without any spoiler space, sadly:

> Right.  I didn't say Seamus was Scottish, rather that his name is 
one of
> those "anything but English" ones.
> 
> Well, and the Patil twins, too -- although presumably they're second 
or
> third generation Anglo-Indian, and therefore in the "English" 
category.

Same with Finnegan.  It's an Irish name, but they abound amongst the 
English.  It's like asking whether Bohner is an American name...<g> 

I assumed that your question was about ethnicity, not necessarily 
place of birth.  Seamus might be from Ireland or he might be 7th 
generation English, but he's of Irish ethnicity.  Or are you really 
wondering whether anyone goes home to another country at Christmas?

Jim Dale chose to give Seamus an Irish accent but the Patils English 
ones, not Indian.  That may reflect nothing more than his relative 
talent at different accents.  I'm quite sure it was up to him, not 
something he ran by JKR.

Amy Z

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