Dolohov & Lack of Russian Accent (Was Re: Karkaroffa educator)

[Debra]

No: HPFGUIDX 95595

>> Debra:
>> Yes, we have heard Dolohov speak, in the Dept. of Mysteries 
>> battle scene, though he did seem to get cut off a lot and 
>> didn't seem to have an accent...<snip>

> JDR:
> As a New Yorker, I have no problem with Karkarov/ff and 
> Dolohov (and Zabini, Chang and Patil for that matter) being 
> simply Brits of foreign extraction. Karkarov, especially, 
> speaks as if he went to Hogwarts.

Debra:
It is certainly acceptable that the students/former students 
mentioned above are "simply Brits of foreign extraction", as you so 
eloquently put it. However, I think the fact that Dolohov's name 
leads us to believe that he is the sole representive of what someone 
(maybe Carol?) brought up and dubbed the "Durmstrang branch of Death 
Eaters" (apologies if I misquoted or especially miscredited). After 
all, (memory again) "Durmstrang concentrates a lot more on the Dark 
Arts, and not just the Defense rubbish [they] do at Hogwarts". 
Shouldn't that logically mean that many Durmstrang kids grow up to be 
Death Eaters? And for that matter, if the concentrations of the 
separate magical schools are really that varied, and the schools are 
so geographically separated, why are there not more people with 
accents at Hogwarts, or people with different or missing written 
accents from Beauxbatons or Durmstrang?

~Debra, still hoping she didn't miscredit