A Gem In My Message Block

[Cindy C. <cindysphinx@comcast.net>]

Someone made a good point in a message in my block!  <blinks in 
disbelief>  It's in message 41906:

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2. pg 431: Hermione is telling off Rita Skeeter in the Three 
Broomsticks, and
Rita replies: "Sit down, you silly little girl, and don't talk about 
things
you don't understand," said Rita Skeeter coldly....(re: Ludo Bagman)

Wait, I thought. I've heard something similar to this line 
before...aha, here
it is...

PoA pg 360: "KEEP QUIET, YOU STUPID GIRL!" Snape shouted, looking 
suddenly
quite deranged. "DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" (Re: 
Black's
innocence)

Interesting...is this just a common put-down for girls in the 
Potterverse? Or,
is it something that JKR heard as a "swotty" little girl and brought 
it out
again for her "younger" self -- Hermione? Or, is this just the 
lowest put down
you can give Hermione, who prides herself on being "the cleverest 
witch of her
age"? Just thought I'd draw that comparison. 

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Cindy -- who never noticed that before