Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94224

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
<jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:

Joe:
> In my experience, last-names-only is VERY prevalent in old-
> line "prep" ("public schools" in the UK?) schools, especially among 
> boys-only schools. The only people who called someone by his first 
> name were relatives. A very close friend would probaby call you by 
> your nickname, such as "Pongo," "Bertie" or "Barmy."
> 

Geoff:
Not just UK public schools. When I started teaching in the early 
1960s, we always used surnames; mark you, it was a single-sex school.

When we began to accept the dreaded female of the species in the late 
60s, that was when first names began to creep in.