Ages of Hogwarts students

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 41979

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hp_lexicon" <hp_lexicon at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "serenadust" <jmmears at c...> wrote:
> 
> > If you type "Hermione's age" into the search engine, you will 
find 
> > enough posts/arguments/discussions to entertain yourself for 
> weeks.  
> 
> Did you actually try this? The group search isn't very good at 
such 
> things. I tried "September 19" and had better luck.
> 

Steve's right. Although typing "Hermione's age" brings up some 
relevant posts, it also brings up many irrelevant (but interesting) 
ones. I tried "September 19" and got a much more focused search.  
Thanks for the suggestion, Steve.



Steve wrote:
> My personal opinion is that JKR never really throught it all 
through 
> and when she wrote that line (fourteen-year-old wizards) she 
really 
> assumed that Harry and Hermione were both 14 at that time. I don't 
> think she thought through the ramifications of that in terms of 
when 
> her birthday was and what that would mean for cut-off dates etc. 
She 
> has almost certainly thought it through by now, however, since 
it's 
> been debated so much, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that 
> mentioned in some way in the next book, kind of like the way she 
> managed to sneak the correct pronunciation of Hermione's name into 
> GF. 

I agree completely.  As thorough as JKR is, I really doubt that she 
focused all that much on the implications of choosing Sept. 19 as 
Hermione's birthday.  It would be really fun, though if she 
addressed this issue in a future book, so that we could flatter 
ourselves on having brought this very important point to her 
attention <vbg>.

Jo Serenadust, grateful that Steve was paying enough attention to 
improve on her suggestion to Richelle