OoP: Questions, Ideas and my own Prophecy

[isabella_080]

No: HPFGUIDX 62158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at c...> 
wrote:
 Tamara:
 Fourth: Why does McGonagall never call Harry "Harry"? She always 
 calls him Potter.
 
 Taryn:
 I think this just has to do with the teacher-student relationship. 
Although they certainly like each other (Harry complains about 
homework, but not really about McGonagall, and never seems to think 
she's a bad teacher or a mean person, and McGonagall seems to like 
Harry well enough as a student), it's a very unpersonal, professional 
relationship. And she seems to keep this standard for all students.

Me:
I completely agree.  What's more is, I always thought that all the 
professors refer to their students either by their last name or as 
Mr. or Miss So-and-So (with the exception of Dumbledore, who at least 
refers to Harry as Harry); at least, I don't remember any other prof. 
ever using a first name to address a student.  I thought this was 
perhaps in keeping with what is typical in British schools...or 
boarding schools...or something that is not an American public 
school, where you are almost always referred to as your first name 
(at least in mine).  But maybe a Brit can confirm whether this is 
true or just my imagination.