Emphasis on the title: Professor (Was: Who calls Voldemort "Lord")

[zoe0coll]

No: HPFGUIDX 150995

coldsliversofglass:
> <snip> As for the title part, I have to wonder if part of Harry's 
> need to be reminded to call his professors by their title involves
> Harry's upbringing.  I mean, if you're locked in a cupboard for 11 
> years and your relatives keep you out of sight I think manners will
> be stunted in some ways: <snip>
> 
> Also, I may be wrong, but I thought that Harry's slips in 
> addressing his professors usually center around the issues he has 
> with them.  I mean, he hates Snape, so he feels no need to show him
> the respect that the title conveys.  I think he did the same when 
> he was mentioning Quirrel (In an, 'he's an enemy, not my professor'
> kind of way).  He may've slipped with Hagrid too, but if so I would
> imagine that's because of how close he is to Hagrid <snip>.  Did 
> anyone else notice this pattern, or were there other slips that I 
> overlooked that might negate the pattern?


Hi all - De-Lurking to answer this question - 

Did you not refer to your teachers by their last names?  We all did -
we would also have nicknames for some of them for example Roger 
Ramjet for Mr Ramshaw or Boring Brocky instead of Mr Brock and yes 
we would quite often refer to them by their sirnames or their 
nicknames - I can remember being reminded (by other teachers) on a 
number of occasions that it was MR Arnett rather than Arnett, or MRS 
Wakeley, not old Wakeley etc - and she was my tutor who I really 
liked!

It's nothing to do with manners or whether you respect a teacher or 
not - it's just part of that teenage rebellion thing - and don't 
forget, in Hogwarts as well as my (and many other schools) puplis 
are often addressed to their faces by just their sirnames,
(especially Harry by Snape - who always refers to him as Potter).
I had an awful last name - Wrigley - and I hated being called by it, 
so it's just kind of a kickback.


Back to lurkdom

Zoe C