Pansy/ Re: House characteristics

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 150684

> Geoff:
> I think that you are jumping to a lot of unfounded geographical 
conclusions
> here.
> 
> The only two folk who can be positively identified with specific 
areas are
> RowenaRavenclaw and Salzar Slytherin.
> 
> The use of the word "glen" is almost unique to Scotland. It refers 
to a narrow
> valley, strath being the equivalent term for a wide valley. The 
corresponding Welsh names 
> would be glyn (or more commonly cwm) or ystrad.
> 
> Slytherin is certainly NOT a southerner. The Fens lie in 
Lincolnshire on the eastern side of
> England and are on roughly the same latitude as Liverpool or 
Sheffield.
> 
> Wild moor would more accurately describe Dartmoor in Devon or 
Bodmin Moor in
> Cornwall and also cover chunks of Scotland such as Rannoch Moor. 
Here on the group, we
> had a long discussion about two years ago about the location of 
Hogwarts and many of
> the geographical features of the Highlands were considered. I live 
on Exmoor but, we
> like the North Yorkshire Moors are a little bit gentler.
> 
> As for "valley broad", I have already commented on strath and 
ystrad which could cover
> cover Helga Hufflepuff but there are several broad valleys in 
England - the Thames
> Valley and Severn Valley for example. Without more information, we 
cannot presume that 
> the founders represented different areas - or the four home 
nations.

Yes, well, I am properly chastised. I did not jump to any 
conclusions though. I *did* say that moors can be found anywhere. 
The Yorkshire Moor just the most famous.  
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