Hi Amy!
You mentioned in another plotting thread that Hermia's a bit of a mother hen to the younger Hufflepuffs and head of the French clubs, both of which are things that would draw my little, homesick Guern, Tommy to her. He's missing his family desperately never having left Guernsey or even slept in a bed without his siblings (and/or cousins of he was staying with them) before coming to Hogwarts. He didn't actually want to come when he found out he was a wizard, but his parents (mainly his dad) talked him into it. So far, he's asked the flying instructor to ride along with him during the first lesson and fled down the stairs in tears the first night in the Hufflepuff common room because he thought he saw a monster by his bed.
He's also quite nervous that his French will get rusty while he's off the island. Education in Guernsey schools was in equal parts English and French, so he's conversant in it (and fluent in the local patois of Guernesais, which is sort of an anglicized french). He always won awards at school for his French scores and he's positive his teachers will be disappointed in him if he comes back and he's forgotten some (he fully expects to be back at the upper school back home next year near his family again and he doesn't want to get off track). The French club could be a good fit for him if he finds out it exists, but also maybe a bit of a shock to the system. I'd imagine is standard French has a noticable Guernesais accent to it.
You mentioned in another plotting thread that Hermia's a bit of a mother hen to the younger Hufflepuffs and head of the French clubs, both of which are things that would draw my little, homesick Guern, Tommy to her. He's missing his family desperately never having left Guernsey or even slept in a bed without his siblings (and/or cousins of he was staying with them) before coming to Hogwarts. He didn't actually want to come when he found out he was a wizard, but his parents (mainly his dad) talked him into it. So far, he's asked the flying instructor to ride along with him during the first lesson and fled down the stairs in tears the first night in the Hufflepuff common room because he thought he saw a monster by his bed.
He's also quite nervous that his French will get rusty while he's off the island. Education in Guernsey schools was in equal parts English and French, so he's conversant in it (and fluent in the local patois of Guernesais, which is sort of an anglicized french). He always won awards at school for his French scores and he's positive his teachers will be disappointed in him if he comes back and he's forgotten some (he fully expects to be back at the upper school back home next year near his family again and he doesn't want to get off track). The French club could be a good fit for him if he finds out it exists, but also maybe a bit of a shock to the system. I'd imagine is standard French has a noticable Guernesais accent to it.