Marauder's Map, the Marauders, and Voldemort

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 109114

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:
> In the "Snape's Worst Memory" scene we have the Marauders calling 
each other by their nicknames all the time.  No one knew they were 
animagi, these could just be silly nicknames they sung out to each 
other in the halls. Names that meant something to them, but not to 
anyone else.  Remember, the Trio were to call Sirius "Snuffles" when 
they were talking about him.  Just a nickname.  Snape could have, 
probably would have, heard them calling each other by these nicknames 
at school, then seeing all the names on the map, would instantly put 
two and two together and believe HP had gotten the map directly from 
the manufacturers as he knew one of the manufacturers was currently 
working at the school - Lupin/Moony. 
> 

Hard to say... a lot of what Harry perceived in the pensieve was 
beyond Snape's own perception... although I am aware that is a matter 
of debate, I agree that the 360 degree view is evidence enough. 
Perhaps, perhaps, their nicknames were public knowledge, but if that 
were so, then why would Lupin claim it was a Zonko's product? He 
could have simply said that it was a cutsey thing that had belonged 
to Harry's dad, and left it at that. It wouldn't have raised any 
suspictions to have done so.

Josh