[HPforGrownups] Ages
Taryn Kimel
amani at charter.net
Fri Apr 25 01:49:36 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 56096
Kelly:
Lots of discussion has been made about Hermione's age and just when a person gets to enter Hogwarts. It just made me think about the whole thing, and I remembered the bit in GoF about who turned 17 when. Fred and George are in their sixth year in GoF. They do not turn seventeen until April. Another person (Angelina?) said that she could enter because she had just had her 17th birthday. So it would appear that sixth year students have their 17th birthday sometime during the year. Tracing that backwards, using that logic, students would be expected to turn 12 during their first year of Hogwarts. However, as far as we know, they turn 11 that year. Just another thing to throw into this discussion.
Me:
How is it "as far as we know" that they turn 11 that year? Harry turned 11 /after/ everyone else in the year did. As I have a June birthday, I'm familiar with it. He'll be one of the youngest of his class. Everyone will be turning 12 throughout their first year at Hogwarts, Harry just only gets to turn 12 /after/ his first year. (I know the feeling. I never get my birthday on the announcements. ^_~)
--Taryn
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