more names - Severus Snape

Thu May 13 18:29:37 UTC 2004

No: HPFGUIDX 98245

June wrote:

> Severus and Snape together make a good sibilant, and Severus 
> certainly sounds strict. I suspect the main design was to just 
> make him sound a bit scary for the kids.

deeby now:
I was just reading June's fascinating post on name derivations and 
just wondered if Severus might be a play on 'sever us' as in 'part 
us'?
Might this link in with DD's cryptic comment 'in essence divided' and 
could it be a clue to Snape's future role??
Apologies if all this has been explored before.

deeby