Hermione in Gryffindor?

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 108769

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cassin12004" 
<cassin12004 at y...> wrote:
> The sorting hat placed Hermione in Gryffindor even though she, as 
> Sirius put it, is the smartest witch of her age.
> 
> ... Or did that hat just let her choose her house 
> out of the three choices she had? (like Harry chose.)

Didn't Harry simply eliminate Slytherin, not knowing any other 
choices? The hat came up with with Gryffindor on its own, and we 
can't be sure if it simply wanted to offer Harry the choice of 
Slytherin before defaulting to its first choice.

Something similar might have happened with Hermione, or perhaps it 
simply made a comment similar to the one to Harry about having a fine 
mind, but more specific, i.e. naming Ravenclaw, e.g. *Hmm, excellent 
mind, yes, yes, excellent; however, while Ravenclaw would suit you 
very well, I see than you actually belong in...*

Josh