If a child says ‘boo’ that’s just childish. But snapping fingers is rude where I come from. It says that whomever’s attention you are trying to get by snapping your fingers is below you.
That would be everyone in the room.
And so it might be below the dignity of the Wizengamot.
To me the “boo” issue is somehow a way for Harry to remind everyone he’s still a child, to both unsettle them a bit more and make them more prone to forgive his impertinence.
Or maybe it’s not that calculated. After all, Harry is still a child, as smart and rationalist as he is, and it just pleased him to say “boo” and he didn’t think much about that part, not sure.
Sweet! That would have been much better than Boo!
Nah, snapping fingers doesn’t possess meaning for the Wizengamot, that’s what Harry is known for in Hogwarts. “Boo!” is better in the circumstances.
I think it’s better to tie his miracles in Hogwarts to his miracles elsewhere. Consistent product branding.
Hogwarts news seems to hit the Quibbler. I think Magical Britain is aware of HJPEV’s antics.
Snapping his fingers, though, could have been a bit beneath the dignity of the institution, or something.
Saying Boo shows more dignity than snapping your fingers? Our dignity meters are uncorrelated.
If a child says ‘boo’ that’s just childish. But snapping fingers is rude where I come from. It says that whomever’s attention you are trying to get by snapping your fingers is below you.
That would be everyone in the room.
And so it might be below the dignity of the Wizengamot.
To me the “boo” issue is somehow a way for Harry to remind everyone he’s still a child, to both unsettle them a bit more and make them more prone to forgive his impertinence.
Or maybe it’s not that calculated. After all, Harry is still a child, as smart and rationalist as he is, and it just pleased him to say “boo” and he didn’t think much about that part, not sure.