[HPforGrownups] Re: UK vs. US

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 170750

From: Debi <dobbycat at gmail.com>
>were. Most of the unfamiliar terms I figured out, I did 
>have to look up 'Snogging' though. Guess I won't ever 
>have to look up 'Shagging' thanks to Austin Powers LOL.

Bart:
No need to learn about "shagging". There is no shagging in the WW. That's why the population is shrinking.

Believe it or not, we had this discussion in the group; the conclusion is (I believe it was Charles Dickens who originally said this), "What the characters do in between chapters is their own private business." From this, we MIGHT assume that there are non-career oriented classes given at the school; the equivalent, for example, of home economics, health education, etc., possibly as limited classes (like broom flying). Note that there is nothing in canon to support this. On the other hand, there are numerous references to Harry picking up his wand with no accompanying references to him putting the wand away. And many, many days go by in the novels with no mention of Harry actually eating any meals, yet he does not appear to be starving to death. 

In other words, there are MANY holes in the story, with the large majority of them being left up to the imagination and simple logic, and, unless a supposition specifically contradicts canon, if it's about something relatively unimportant, fruitful discussion is not really possible.