[HPforGrownups] Re: Teeth, braces, and the English Language or variations thereof.

[lynde at post.com]

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I worked for 32 years in a school in South-West London, dealing initially with 
boys in the 11-15 range and latterly in a mixed environment with students of 
13-18 and that is how I would interpret your suggestion from my experience 
of being bi-lingual, speaking both UK English and School Playground English.

Going back to the original quote in GoF which June supplied, it was:

>> '(Hermione speaking) "Mum and Dad won't be too pleased. I've been trying
>> to persuade them to let me shrink them for ages, but they wanted me to 
>> carry on with my brace."'

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Your point is well taken, Geoff and I would agree under most circumstances. I do have one niggling question, though. Wouldn't Hermione have mentioned that she wore a brace or the presence of a brace on her teeth have been mentioned during the books if she was wearing one? I don't think buck teeth like Hermione's would have used merely a retainer she wore at night. So the presence of a brace on her teeth would have been noticeable and should have been mentioned. Rowling is not that poor a writer that she would leave out that detail!

Lynda 




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