British Boarding School Books By "Old Boys": Read by Rowling?

[Susan Fox-Davis]

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bboy wrote:

>It's not my intension to dispute you, because I think you did an
>excellent job on your post. But I would add that I think the 'boys
>boarding school' is kind of ingrained in British culture, and most
>people living there would have a familiarity with it. It must come up
>all the time in British movies and TV, and I think it represents a
>prominent part of their cultural history.

There's one thing I find missing from my mental image of British
boarding
school culture.  The students are not always addressed by their
surnames,
and particularly siblings are not referred to as <surname> Major for the

elder and <surname> Minor for the younger. Maybe they don't do this
anymore?  Admittedly, this could get dashed confusing for a family like
the Weasleys;  theoretically, they had five of them at Hogwarts at once
[Charlie, Bill, Percy and the Twins]  and come to think of it, five last

year as well [Percy, Twins, Ron, Ginny].

Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net