Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190358



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
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> "...they wanted me to carry on with my brace. "
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> I wonder if we aren't stumbling into a variation of common usage of UK English here. 
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> It is possible that Hermione is NOT saying that her parents want her to continue on with braces, but more so that her parents would like he to follow a more traditional approach to dentistry (ie: braces). 
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> What I'm getting at is that even though Hermione is using language that implies the past and present, she could be talking about proposed future events. 
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> Steve/bboyminn
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Nikkalmati

I am not from the UK either, but I see in this phrase a typical British phrase "to carry on" and I wonder if Hermione could be saying her parent wanted her to "carry on" by getting braces, i.e. a future event.  Why would they delay?  Well, I understand some children have large teeth that will look fine when their faces grow into adult size.  Then the teeth and face will match.  Maybe Hermione just had large teeth that were noticable because she was still not fully grown. I think Hermione was overly sensitive about her teeth.

As for Madam Pomphry, she would not know or care exactly what the spell did.  I imagine she just fixed the teeth.  She made whatever adjustments were necessary to make them look normal or right and asked Hermione if everything was ok.  

Nikkalmati