[HPforGrownups] Re: The Name Snape (was: Bartemius (was: Not So Faithful (was: Re:

Tue Oct 10 14:17:14 UTC 2000

No: HPFGUIDX 3116

Rita Winston wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Jim Flanagan" wrote:
>
> > Slitherin, Snape - allusions to "snake" or snake-like
>
> Blaise very wonderfully found out that 'snape' is an old dialect word
> for 'rebuke', which certainly fits him.

It's also so reminiscent of 'snap,' an abrupt breaking, which fits with
Severus, which sounds like 'sever' and 'severe.' Appropriate name all round.

--Amanda