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What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Reuben Crouch - October 28, 2023

So the only flying instructors in the HP wiki are women. Madam Hooch was called Madam and not Professor Hooch so I think Ben's title is not Professor but I'm struggling to think what it would be? Is it just Mister?

Google searches for male versions of Madam are unhelpful - Sir, Lord, Your Worship... lol.

I used this as a character thing in his latest thread where Ben also doesn't know but eventually he will have to figure it out xD

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Madeleine Backus - October 28, 2023

I always assumed - based on nothing other my own experience, is that the male equivalent was maestro, only because Madame and Maestro are the female and male coach terms for fencing - like sensei.

I think Madame at hogwarts is really for any non-teacher female, so he may just be Mister

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Reuben Crouch - October 28, 2023

Athena suggested "Coach" on Discord and that feels like a reasonable title for him to introduce himself with so I might run with that for a thread or two, regardless of whether it is his official title xD

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Daffodil Grimstone - October 28, 2023

Sloane always called the previous instructors Coach!

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Seneca Lestrange - October 29, 2023

Coach Crouch has such a ring to it tho

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Madeleine Backus - October 29, 2023

My only note on coach is that it wouldn't have had this usage at the time. It was a term for an academic tutor, it wasn't until after the turn of the century that the term had a sports usage in the UK

Nut we use it other places so not sure it really matters

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Daffodil Grimstone - October 29, 2023

(October 29, 2023 – 10:23 AM)Madeleine Backus Wrote:  My only note on coach is that it wouldn't have had this usage at the time. It was a term for an academic tutor, it wasn't until after the turn of the century that the term had a sports usage in the UK

Nut we use it other places so not sure it really matters

each professional quidditch team has a coach, so it fits in our canon at least!

RE: What's the male version of Madam Hooch - Greta Gillenwater - November 2, 2023

Probably already answered but as Madam is a very formal way to address a woman, particularly an older or married woman, I'd assume the masculine version would simply be Mister simply because masculine titles don't vary with age (yay sexism/classism) and simply peerage or education so I'd assume that formally he'd be referred to as simply Mister Crouch with the informal address being Coach Crouch - and that used by those he has informal relationship with such as those he actually coaches or if he's being referred to in the capacity as a job as an a coach (and not referree where he needs to be seen as an impartial referee not a coach) which would account for Sloane (and any of those others he coaches going with coach plus... Sloane wasn't exactly formal). And since Ben's not exactly known for being very formal it covers him introducing himself as coach crouch and because maybe he wants others to see him as somebody they don't want to be formal with? Like a buddy buddy thing?