OOP: Fred and George - mistake?

[rlharalson]

No: HPFGUIDX 63130

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rachel Williams Peckham" 
<rachelwp at a...> wrote:





> Maybe 'of wizarding age' is 17 yrs. 
>  
> 
> I don't know if I have got this right, but how comes it seems that
> before the 
> school term has started that they are 'of age' meaning '18' but in 
the
> book 
> 4, they are not yet 17 by the time they want to put their names in 
the
> goblet?!
> Did I miss something?
> Loadsa love
> Nic x

If 'of wizarding age' is 17 yrs old that would make the choice of age 
limit for the goblet make sense wouldn't it. I always kinda wondered 
why Dumbledore picked that age, but if that is 'of age' which we will 
probably have to assume given the facts in OoP, then anyone who was 
supposed to participate in the tournament was an 'adult' no liability.
Renee