James/MWPP in Slytherin (was MWPP in all 4 Houses)

[Timothy Collinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 83467







"Arya" <dequardo at waisman.wisc.edu> wrote:


>I do find it unlikely that in a boarding school such as Hogwarts, that
they
>would be allowed to wear such things as jeans or other "muggle" like
*casual*
>clothing as a part of their uniforms.


It does seem odd.


>  I also would find it hard to believe that
>there isn't any distiguishing article they wear to denote House--how else
>could Harry see a "group of Hufflepuffs" of a "Slytherin boy he didn't
know the
>name of".


This isn't too hard to explain.  The boarding school I referred to earlier
had 7 houses and some 220 pupils.  It was just possible in your middle
years to know nearly everyone.  However, it was also possible (sometimes
much easier) to recognize a group or individual that you didn't know the
name of as coming from a particular house simply by association or by where
they were (say on the paths between houses, where they were sitting in
chapel/dining room, etc.)  This is not only entirely feasible, for me it's
entirely believable based on experience.  House ties identified us on
weekdays but on Sundays we'd wear a school tie and other occasions we
wouldn't have this sign, but you'd still know what houses people belonged
to.


>I do like the idea of the crests on the robes, but, it is important to
remember
>that we don't have evidence that they are there.


Quite agree that "movie contamination" as you call it should be avoided!
Well spotted.

tc