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Thanks to tudorpot for the heads up.

A resource for canon references to Snape.

http://www.snapecanonsite.com/snape.htm

I realize my interpretation of characters has been influenced since HBP by my habit of conflating OWLS scores with the American grading system: A, B, C, etc.

But I gather JKR is basing the OWLS on the O-Levels, for which I have no cultural reference.

What does it mean that Harry can do E work in most of his classes, while scraping an O in the class he's been receiving intensive tutoring in since 3rd year?

In the American grading system, you'd have to be quite bright to get absolutely straight A's. Getting mostly B's means, basically, you're a bit above average or average but willing to apply yourself. Getting a B in a class where you've knocked yourself out trying to get an A means you aren't that great. Anyone willing to work hard enough should be able to scrape a C. I've been conflating those to O, E, A--how far off am I?

(For comparison: George W. Bush "passed" most of his college classes, but never, if I recall his published transcript, got higher than a B on those he consented to take letter grades on. Which would make him comparable to Ron, if A/B/C compared to O/E/A. Am I being grossly unfair to Ickle Ronniekins?)

Thanks!

There's been a little bit of chat over on livejournal recently regarding some aspects of Magical British culture. While I don't have the knowledge or the right to engage in a comparison of British culture with others I did jot down a few things, including a bit of Snapey background, that it was suggested might be of interest to the Underground. Linky here:

http://camillo1978.livejournal.com/80813.html

I have a request for the Lupin fans out there - can you please point me in the direction of a comm on LJ/IJ where I may make a beta request?

(I should point out there is no snape involvement as far as I know)

To sum it all up:

Thanks everyone for your replies and great links and information, that was fun!

I had overlooked that Durmstrang has to be in Europe, according to Hermione's book. So Siberia is out of the question.
Norway fits the description. So would the Norhtern part of the Ural, which is in Russia. There even is an island which is part of the Ural chain and is cold, North and with mountains and glaciers. So that could be 'it' as well.

One of the links, however, makes a good point about the germanic connection, and with the word Durmstrang/Sturm und Drang. So Norway does make a bit more sense to me, it has the type of glaciers and mountains I need for the story, so all is set.

Thank you very much again!

I need this for a Snape fanfic (SSHG).

What do you think where Durmstrang is? Any ideas? I think it's in North-Eastern Siberia, in the Northern Verkhoyansk Mountains, where the river Lena goes towards the arctic sea. There would be mountains, little daylight in winter, and a continuous connection of water if we assume that Hogwarts is close to a Loch that has some connection to the Atlantic. That way that ship could have traveled. I was wondering if it could be in Norway, but why would they have a Headmaster with a slavic name then? Here's a link: http://www.yakutiatravel.com/eng/travdir/polus.htm

Input would be greatly appreciated. :)

snapelike posted some great links to UK weather reseources in a recent post.

I repost the links here, with permission:

A calendar for holidays and moon phases.

A temperature converter.

A BBC Weather Country Guide.

A page for weather stats.

A link to the Met office.

And more stats

The weather news.

Monthly summaries with a grid.

And more about the climate in the UK.


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It's rather quiet. Where are the house-warming party-goers? Want an extension? Want your peace or quiet? Enough parties already? I don't think so, I have one planned for April already...