nine and three quarters

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 55288

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Heidi Tandy" <heidit at n...> wrote:
> Interesting math, but I think you might be working it somewhat
backwards. If JKR decided to give Harry her birthday simply because it
was a good date in the summer, close to the start of school, and
separately decided that there was something inherently magical about
Halloween, then that nine and three quarters years might've been why
she gave that number to the platform. 

like you say, and the fact that he is always away from his friends on
his birthday is so sad, underlying a major theme of the book