Harry and names (was:Re: Seeing the thestrals - third student)

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No: HPFGUIDX 73216

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John" 
<hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:
And, while we hear "him" getting sorted in the first book, he
doesn't seem to have made any impression on Harry, so it's not 
unreasonable that Harry doesn't think of him by name. Well, except 
for the fact that he's had Potions with the Slytherins for five 
years, and CoMC for three, and so might be expected to know all his 
fellow students in those classes by name, at least. Apparently not, 
though. I guess our boy Harry isn't the most perceptive person 
around. Too bad he didn't ask Hermione - I'm sure she knows the 
kid's name.  In any case, I'm going with Blaise.
> Wendy

Why would Harry remember Blaise?  I know he has had classes with 
him.  However, we saw at the beginning of OotP that Harry doesn't 
know (or at least isn't sure of) the names of several Hufflepuffs in 
his herbology class.  If Harry doesn't particulally care about 
someone or specifically get introduced to them, he doesn't seem 
bother learning their name.

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