Can JKR write dialogue? Her use of "Swifities" says "No."

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 82742

I came across this item in a thread on the use of adverbs in 
attributions of speech in JKR's dialogue over at OTC.  I found it 
surprising that David reached interpretations of more than one 
conversation in the HP books that were at odds with those JKR 
intended as evidenced by her modifying adverb.  I couldn't remember 
any such instances offhand, so I asked David to try and remember 
some of the instances he recounts below.  I think this is an 
appropriate area of exploration for the main list, and one that has 
not been considered before, to my recollection.

The question is whether there is a defect, or ambiguity in the way 
JKR creates conversations, and is she relying overmuc on the 
modifying adverbs to convey her meaning, which is an inferior 
technique to conveying said meaning within the dialogue itself.

Can anyone cite instances where their intitial impression of the 
flavor of an exchange was contradicted by such modifying adverbs?
I will be on the lookout for such, and I ask that you all do as well.

-Haggridd

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" 
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:

> When I read OOP aloud to my son I really noticed this habit.  On 
> many, many occasions I interpreted the speech, came to the adverb, 
> and had to go back and re-read in a different tone of voice.  I 
> didn't like it at the time.
> 
> I think it's an interesting question whether this adds to or 
> detracts from the story.  JKR kept overriding my interpretation, 
but 
> maybe there's a point to that.  I am not sufficiently good or 
> experienced a writer to know if she could have written the 
dialogue 
> slightly differently to ensure that the appropriate tone of voice 
> would come out of the printed words.

Haggridd wrote:

David, I find this extremely interesting. You pose the crucial 
question: Is JKR deficient in her use of dialogue, or is your ear 
for her dialogue defective? I would be extremely interested if you 
would cite a number of examples, either onlist or offlist. I would 
like to see whether I interpret these exchanges differently from 
JKR, as demonstrated by her choice of adverb. I think you have hit 
upon something new in discussion of the HP books here, and more 
substantive than trading Swifties, however entertaining they may 
be. Let's pursue it, shall we?

Haggridd 
> 
> David