[HPforGrownups] Re: Timepieces at Hogwarts + Boggart-Dementor

[lv]

No: HPFGUIDX 32929

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew MacIan <andrew_macian at yahoo.com>

>> >There are numerous instances IIRC of
>> >Harry checking his watch...or after
>> >immersion, asking Ron for the time.
>> >This in addition to the clock that is
>> >beside his bed in the dormitory.
>>
>> And I respond:
>>
>> I believe Grey Wolf is thinking digital & Andrew is
>> describing analog.
>
>Nice attempt at a save, but since Grey Wolf stated it
>as a categorical, my objection stands.  However,
>granting that the class distinction is somehow
>important, most analog wristwatches made at that time
>(as even more are today) were electrically driven, I
>don't see that the class of watch makes any
>difference.
>
>This is descending into the realm of the nitpick, IMO.


More nitpicking: in PoA, both Dumbledore and Hermione use their watches (in chapters 21
and 22), Hermione does so repeatedly.

lv