Hermione's origins

[David <dfrankiswork@netscape.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52212

Amy asked:

> Interesting.  The movies have decided she isn't working-
class . . . 
> any take on whether this is supported by canon?  (In the US the 
> answer would be a clear yes, with two professional parents, but 
class 
> is different here.)  As for where she comes from, haven't a clue.  
> Are you saying you don't see any other indications that she's from 
> London?

Having two professional parents is a pretty strong indicator here, 
too.  Being called Hermione is another, IMO.  It's not yer average 
Sarf Landan name.  Going to France for a vacation is mildly 
indicative.

Now I come to think of it, we *do* have a character (possibly two) 
who IIRC uses questions as part of his normal pattern of speech: 
Stan Shunpike (I will try and check).  Hermione is worlds 
away: 'I 'ad me teef fixed by that Madam Pomfrey, dinnoi?' isn't her.

Hermione may well be a Londoner, but she's not that sort of 
Londoner, IMO.  She is not so much rootless as traceless in her 
origins.

I suppose I ought to take comments on movie!Hermione to the movie 
list.

David