Harry's Politeness & JKR's Diction

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" > I'm so 
old (just turned 44) that when I was a child, the idea that 
> grown-ups HAD first names didn't feel very real to us children, 
> so I took the narrator saying Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley just 
> because that is how Harry thinks of them as just another, but 
> charming, reminder of how very young Harry is.


That's still fairly customary across the pond, I'm given to 
understand.  There may be cultural differences there that have more 
influence than Harry's age.