[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius Black's math mistake?

[Betty]

No: HPFGUIDX 37854

People ten dto use round figures in conversation.  That's all I can
guess.  Sorry for the 1-liner, yall.

jferer wrote:
> 
> Jamie:"When Sirius speaks to Peter (p. 370) he says,
> "Voldemort's been in hiding for fifteen years, they say he's half
> dead."  As far as I can tell, Voldemort can only have been in hiding
> for twelve to thirteen years, if the infant Harry defeated him on
> Halloween, 1981.  It may be just a rough estimation on Sirius's part,
> but why would he be so unspecific when he  clearly knows exactly how
> many years he spent in prison?"
> 
> It doesn't seem likely, but it may be that Sirius is counting some
> time before Voldemort was defeated as being "in hiding." The obvious
> objection to that is that Voldemort was at his most powerful before he
> came calling at Godric's Hollow.  Otherwise, I don't see an
> explanation.
> 
> 
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