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

[lynde at post.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 190381









June:
I agree that had Hermione had braces from the very beginning they 
probably would have been part of her description, however as she 
was only 11 in the first book it is not likely that she had braces 
yet.In fact that scene when she tells Harry and Ron that her 
parents wanted her to continue with her brace was likely there to 
tell you that her parents were in fact doing something about her 
teeth so it is incorrect to say that they were kept from us. As for 
talking about them all the time,sorry to tell you but I had braces 
all through high school and I had friends who had glasses but we had 
much better things to do than to talk about them. Anyone who has 
braces would rather pretend they don't exsist. They are painful and 
draw attention that you do not want so no, they are not something 
that comes up as a topic in conversation. 

Lynda:
I didn't talk about my glasses extensively when I was in school, and my friends who wore glasses or braces didn't talk about them either. I've worn glasses since I was 2 years old. They're pretty much a part of me. What I was referring to by saying they would be talked about is that we were teased about our glasses and/or braces by other kids. Even today I hear kids on the playground teasing other kids about their braces or glasses. I've even had to retrieve brace (leg) for one of the kids in a class I was in when I had yard duty once. He'd put it back in his backpack to keep us from putting it back on him when he got ready to go home and then taken the backpack out with him at lunch because his lunch was in the backpack too, Back on track, my thought was that had Hermione been wearing a brace, Malfoy would have more than likely remarked on it as a part of his goading of her.







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