Neville (was: More on Snape & a couple of questions)

[Katy Cartee]

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Kathryn Cawte wrote:

> Neville - when the new Gryffindors are discussing their origins Neville sayd
> "Well, my gran brought me up and she's a witch but the family thought I was
> all Muggle for ages" But a non-magical person born into a wizarding family
> isn't a muggle, they're a squib - like Filch. So why does he say muggle? We
> know his parents were tortured by Death Eaters and are in St Mungos so it's
> not like his mother was a squib who married a muggle. I'm confused. 

Well at that point in the series, we haven't been introduced to what a "squib" is...and it probably would've taken away from the scene to have to stop and explain it. So JKR used a term that we already knew and has 'basically' the same meaning - a non-magic person. I can't imagine there being any deeper meaning than that. 

~Katy~

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