[HPforGrownups] Re: Who is berk and Slytherin reputation (Diaries)

[Annette Hamel]

No: HPFGUIDX 106199

>Amey:
 > > Remember what Ron says anout the diary? "Tom got a diary
 > > for christmas and couldn't bother writing it." This shows
 > > a typical boy's POV towards a diary. I am sure TR wouldn't
 > > have bothered writing a diary had it not been the way to
 > > instruct his succcessor.
 >
 > Del wonders :
 > Does that mean that Tom *intended* it for a girl to find and
 > use the Diary ? Or is it just that customs have changed since
 > Tom's time, when boys maybe wrote more often in diaries ?

Perhaps our British list members can shed more light on this, but I have a 
British friend who refers to her day-planner as a "diary", and when (for 
instance) we are told that there will be a meeting at 3:00 on Monday, she 
will say "I must put that down in my diary", or, "I must check my diary for 
appointments."  I think the term "diary" may also be used in this fashion, 
not just to mean "journal."

Note that when Harry finds the diary, he thinks it's odd that it doesn't 
have any *appointments* written in it, like "dentist appointment Wednesday". 
  Also, it appears that the pages of Tom Riddle's diary are dated, whereas a 
journal-type diary often isn't.  I'm assuming Tom's diary was of the 
day-planner variety.

Annette
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