Karkaroff/transfer students (was:Extent of Vold War I)

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Grey Wolf:
> We know that Karkaroff attended Hogwarts, so that would indicate that 
> he's English (since JKR dislikes transfer students, especially 
> American ones).

Pardon?

Karkaroff does say 'Dear old Hogwarts', it's true, and 'How good it is to be 
here' (not 'back here', or 'here again') but even if he has been there 
before, where does it say it was as a student? It has been speculated that he 
taught there, but it could even be just previous visits that he's referring 
to.

To be fair, his English is perfect and JKR doesn't characterise his speech 
with any indications of an accent, as she does with Krum or Mme Maxime, a 
fact I hadn't noticed until now. But that could just be down to education, 
his time spent in the UK, (at the very least whilst he was a DE) or a natural 
facility like Crouch Sr's.

Where does JKR say she dislikes American transfer students? I have never 
heard that quoted.

Eloise, who is glad to say that a number of American families (and a variety 
of other  of ex-pats) enrich her childrens' school.


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