[HPforGrownups] Re: teachers' personal lives / ''Madam''

[lynde at post.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 190303


I remembered, from reading, that the title Mrs. was granted to housekeepers of English landholders (and perhaps cooks as well) whether or not they were married and projected that at Hogwarts the same type of thing was done for female staff members who were not full professors.

Lynda








> Lynda:
> I always thought Madam was a title for a Hogwarts affiliated 
> staff who was a female who was not an actual teacher. Therefore 
> Madam Pomfrey, the nurse and Madam Hooch, who isn't a proper 
> teacher but the quidditch and flying coach.

June:
Exactly, Lynda is correct about this. To use Madam as a title to 
show someone as married, that would be France or Quebec, Canada. 
Madam meaning Mrs is French not British.







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