[HPforGrownups] Snape's special title

[Linda Treantafel]

No: HPFGUIDX 56074

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:57:15 -0000
  "Gomes Moor" <clam at uol.com.br> wrote:

>>I'm delurking for a minute just to ask you: does anyone >have any idea 
>>about why Snape is the only member of Hogwarts' staff >>who is 
>>called "master"?
  I would think that it may be simply a title that goes 
with the level of accomplishment within his specialty. 
There are many vocations that I know of that carry the 
title "master" once the person practicing it becomes 
proficient enough to stand on their own as it were. A 
barber, a plumber and an electrician are a few that come 
to mind. Now that I think about it, potion making seems to 
be more of an actual vocation than the other disciplines 
being taught. It entails using a very specific set of 
skills in a very specific way.
               
           Linda