Hey there all!  I have a quick question, if Hogwarts started a new class after the war like a PE or a gym class where the students were taught Muggle sports like football and tennis, etc., what would the professor be called?  Muggle Athletics Professor or Muggle Games Professor, and should it be Professor or Master?  I remember in Agatha Christie's ( Read more... )

When "redundant" is used in British English to mean laid off from a job, is it possible to just say a person is redundant ("you're redundant now"), or is it always the person has been made/is being made/will be made redundant?

Thanks!

ETA: Okay, "made redundant" it is, thanks everyone!

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How hard or easy would it be in London in the early 2000's to live without a birth certificate or other documentation? In the US employers want your social security number and driver's license (or a state ID if you don't drive) before they give you a job. What is the vital identification in the UK ( Read more... )

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How would a nurse in a hospital in London have been dressed, c. 1981? Uniform? Colours? Name tag? How common were male nurses at the time? I like to mix up gender expectations in my stories when I can, but if a male nurse was unlikely, I want to be realistic about it.

ETA: Thanks, everyone! I think I have the info I need.

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I'm trying to figure out what the dining area at the Ministry is called. Would it be a cafeteria or a canteen or a third unnamed option? I searched the memories, but wasn't able to find anything. In the past, I've read canteen a lot, but that was usually in stories where one of the characters was an Auror, and it seems like a very military/law ( Read more... )

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