Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Contex

[aleesahn]

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I also really enjoyed, and was enlightened by, your essay! As a 
California girl I have little life experience with the British 
public school system, or with boarding schools of any type. In fact, 
I'm so intrigued that I've come out from a year or more of lurking 
just to ask this question as my very first post! Reading the 
responses to your essay, and your subsequent replies, I'm hoping for 
clarification on some terms you've used:


Shaun Hately writes:

> I'm also thinking it might be worth looking at some of the ways 
> Hogwarts differs from the classic public school model, and why it 
> might do so, given it's a good match in other areas.
> 
> One thing that immediately leaps to mind is the apparent absence of 
> any fags and fagging... it could have existed at Hogwarts, 
> historically of course, but I suspect the existence of the house 
> elves may well have meant there was no imperative for it.


Would you mind explaining "fag" and "fagging" in the context you've 
used them? I'm assuming these words have a very different meaning 
where I come from (slang refering to homosexuals).
Thank you!
-Aleesahn