school years = how old is hermione??

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 28108

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Megan" <virtualworldofhp at y...> wrote:
We do know 100% that JKR stated that a magic
> quill writes down the names of people as they were born & gives 
them a
> letter after their ELEVENTH birthdays!  

Megan, canon contradicts you--if the letters arrived AFTER the 
students' eleventh birthday, then why in the world did Harry start 
receiving his beforehand?

Barb, I assumed 1980 when writing fic too... and was really very 
shocked to learn of the existence of the seventy-niners.  Even after 
reading the British eds, it still doesn't make any sense to me.
 
--Ebony AKA AngieJ