The intellect of Krum

[kayakknitter]

No: HPFGUIDX 164808

> > --Ronin's Comments--
> ..."Krum's stumbling over her name is just a small bit of evidence
> though. Considering that he was at Hogwarts and speaking with her
> for nearly an entire school year, I'd have expected any fairly
> bright person to be able to pronounce her name by the summer
> holiday.  Hermione's name aside, she comments that he's not the
> brightest boy at some point. Unfortunately, I can not recite the
> exact quote because I don't have my copy of the book. I also
> believe that someone (Moody, I think) calls him a dolt at one point
> and says he would never make it through the tournament without
> Karkarof's coaching. Again, I apologize if I'm getting the movie
> mixed up with the book, but I am 99% certain that Hermione mentions
> his lack of intelligence (not necessarily the word she uses) at
> some point in the book. They really have nothing in common and he
> just watches her read...."

There are some names that are very difficult period to pronounce for a
non-native English speaker.  Hermoine's name is one of them.  English
is the hardest language to learn for a non-native speaker.   And sadly, many native English speakers have problems with their own language. So the fact that Viktor still had problems saying Hermoine's name after a full school term doesn't surprise me.

And since I just watched the movie, Hermoine does say a line in the
movie about that he watches her study when they are in the library. I
am pretty sure that there is a similar line in the book as well.

Everyone has different study skills and ways of obtaining knowledge.
Hermoine's learning style is intellectual meaning that she learns best
form books.  Viktor's learning style is more than likely psycho-motor
meaning he learns by doing.

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