Neville's parents/What makes a muggle?

[jesmck]

No: HPFGUIDX 79934

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:
> I just wanted to discuss something my wife noticed from the PS. 
This 
> concerns Neville and his 'Wizard discovery' speech. Neville refers 
to 
> the fact that his family thought he was all muggle up until this 
> point.
> POINT 1 - Neville's parents are supposedly Alice and Frank 
> Longbottom. Therefore, if Neville was non-magical, surely he would 
be 
> described as a squib (ie non magic person with two magical parents)


I think that when Neville is saying "all muggle" it's kind of like 
slang.  Or maybe it's a kind of dig toward squibs that's commonly 
used. I can't picture Neville trying to offend someone, so it's 
probably one of those things that's offensive, but said so often a 
kid might not pick up on it being offensive. He also says it when he 
knows that he's not a squib and he would probably assume that 
everyone at Hogwarts is a wizard, so he may think there aren't any 
squibs around to offend.

Jessica