Use of Hagrid's name

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 97995

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eustace_Scrubb" <dk59us at y...> 
wrote:

Eustace_Scrubb:
> So around Hogwarts, using Hagrid's first name might put him in the
> "servant" category...especially if he was addressed in that way by
> Dumbledore or other teachers.  If Tom Riddle called him "Rubeus" 
when
> they were students he may have been saying "You're really not one of
> us."  I might expect Malfoy to refer to him as "Rubeus" but he's
> probably not brave enough...

Geoff:
This seems to link with what I said in message 97970 where I 
suggested that TR was using the name Rubeus deliberately to wind 
Hagrid up and, in view of the circumstances on which he is using it, 
I think he is also trying to frighten Hagrid about the likely 
consequences of "shopping" him over Aragog.