Neville's punishment

[Beatrice23]

No: HPFGUIDX 186704

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "randmath23" <randmath23@> wrote:
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> > I was wondering, who has the authority concerning the 
> > passwords to get into the common rooms?  
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> zanooda:
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> I'm not sure I understood your question correctly, but it was the Pink Lady herself who invented the passwords, and so did Sir Cadogan after replacing her. "Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest thinking up ridiculously complicated passwords, which he changed at least twice a day"(p.167 Am.ed.). Poor Neville :-)! Sorry if it's not what you were asking about :-).
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Beatrice:

If I could chime in here as well...I believe that the passwords are given to the students from portrait (or statue) to the Prefects who then desseminate them to the students in their respective houses.  (See OotP when Harry leaves the feast early only to realize that he hasn't heard the password yet.)  I suspect that in OotP that Hermione might have suggested a password that would be easy for Neville as a kindness.