[HPforGrownups] Scarlet Woman/ Snape and Quirrellmort

[millergal8 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 45169

Hm, can anyone back me up because I seem to remember a teacher saying the 
term could have come from colonial America.  The first settlers were 
extremists in that they regulated even what colors one could wear.  People 
wearing colors other than black or gray were considered weird.  I had always 
thought that the term came from simply one prostitute favoring the color red, 
being labled a scarlet woman, and the name simply stuck.  The other theories 
seem to make more sense, I was just wondering if anyone else had thought 
this.  
Oh, and by the way, don't worry that you didn't know the meaning of this 
phrase.  I used it jokingly a few weeks back and even my best friend (who is 
american and speaks only english) didn't have a clue what i was saying ;)

Christy