Minerva McGonagall-/Dumbledore

[Rachel]

No: HPFGUIDX 115513


> Geoff:
> > Bearing in mind Dumbledore's insistence on calling fok by 
> > their title, this seems to imply a measure of familiarity
> > and informality between them.
> 
> Finwitch:
> <snip>
> Most of the time when he calls her by title and surname, it's 
> so that using first name would make it sound like talking to a
> child. Particularly as Dumbledore is over twice her age. Doing 
> so would probably result to an angry response saying she's an 
> adult and has a right to be there. Dumbledore doesn't want that
> so he uses a more formal manner of address.


Just a thought,

I know a set of married teachers who use each other's titles in 
public in all but the most stressful of circumstances where one 
might forget such a thing and just should out the first name that 
comes to mind.  They use separate surnames and many of the teachers 
in their own school do not know the familial relationship.  This is 
also true of another set of teachers we know who are merely 
relatives with the same last name.  Many think they are a couple even 
though they are in truth, only cousins.  Just a thought.

"Rachel"