Lexicon Contmaination-James was in Gryffindor

[hermowninny719]

No: HPFGUIDX 84719

Hermowninny wrote:
>>The quote above illustrates that Harry *thought* James was in 
Gryffindor.  It doesn't necessarily make it true.>>
 
nkittyhawk responded: 
>I'm reminded of the countless times Harry sees someone who is described as "a 
Hufflepuff he hadn't seen before", or "a Ravenclaw he didn't know". If he hadn't seen them before, or didn't know them, how would he 
know if they were in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw? I always assumed (and 
this was before the movies came out, so it's not contamination) 
that the house you belonged to was on your robes or something. How else  would Harry know who was in Hufflepuff or ravenclaw if he didn't know them?
This would, therefore, be a good reason that Harry would describe 
his father as a Gryffindor, since he had seen it for himself.>

Hermowninny now writes:
I can recall Harry saying "that person was a Revenclaw he didn't 
know."  But I can't recall him saying "someone was a Hufflepuff he 
hadn't seen before."  Surely with the whole school gathering for 
feasts he has at least laid eyes on all of them.  He could have seen 
someone sitting at a house table and therefore knew which house they 
were in.  The question of house markings on their uniforms is 
currently up for debate in another thread.  I'm not going there, but 
there are several ways he could know what house a person belongs to 
without knowing that person.  (sitting at house tables, with a group 
of same-house friends, etc.)  I don't see any way he could know 
James' house unless (a) someone told him off-camera or (b) there were 
house marking on their uniforms in the pensieve scene.  

-Hermowninny