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[hickengruendler]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, udder_pen_dragon <udderpd at y...> 
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> i.e. Ginny's birthday? The day before Harrys expulsion hearing when 
all of the Weasleys and Harry were at 12 GP looking for somthing to 
distract Harry and none of her family wished her a Happy Birthday.

Hickengruendler:

For the same reason you could argue that it is a mistake that Ron's 
birthday is never mentioned, since it is during the schoolyear and 
Harry shares a dormitory with him. It just isn't important. I think 
one reason that made OotP during some parts a bit boring (a bit, it 
still is my favourite book out of the five) is that JKR read in the 
forums and message groups many questions the fans were wondering, and 
she decided to give us something back and answered them in the book. 
Therefore some (seemingly, of course you never know) unnecessary 
informations were in the books, and there's no need to add more 
unimportant stuff like Ginny's birthday.
 
> In Britain it is an established fact that in general Girls mature 
quicker than boys, this is justification to make Hermione the 
youngest of the trio. 

Hickengruendler:

What an odd reason. I even agree with you that girls mature quickly, 
but that still doesn't rule out that Hermione can be the oldest of 
the Trio.

>To have Dumbledore (book and film) saying 'three thirteen year old 
wizards' when two of them are fourteen and the exceptional girl has 
been for about nine months, makes me wonder. 

Hickengruendler:

Maybe Dumbledore was just guessing or generalizing. Do you really 
think he knows the birthdate of every student? I think the only ones 
he knows are the birthdays of Harry and Neville, for a good reason. 
Or he was truly sneaky. Dumbledore was right, Two thriteen year old 
students weren't able to free Sirius when they were in the hospital 
wing at the same time. That's because one of them wasn't thirteen. 
But like I already said, that quote doesn't really contradict the 
information JKR gave us, at all.