Professor Snape (was DD's courtesy; was Re: Petunia)

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No: HPFGUIDX 114193

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> 
wrote:

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> What confuses me in all this is Petunia's howler. Dumbledore 
actually 
> calls her 'Petunia'. The feeling I get from the books, is that DD 
is 
> very old school in manners. If DD is talking about soemone in the 
> third person, he will always refer to them by their correct title 
> e.g. Always admonishing Harry for not giving Snape his correct 
title. 

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This just inspired a wacky thought (hope it's vaguely original) ...

Is there any other Snape, as opposed to *Profesor* Snape? It's not 
just polite Dumbeldore that picks Harry (and others?) repeatedly in 
the books on not using Severus' Hogwarts title. IIRC at least 
McGonagall and Lupin do it. Are these two equally polite or else 
thrown for a minute about which Snape Harry might be referring to 
and asking him to clarify without making it obvious that this is 
what they're doing? Wouldn't it be a shocker if there was another 
(even badder?) Snape that JKR has deliberately not told us about 
yet? (or are there already theories I haven't read/recalled? - I 
certainly recall some recent mutterings about Snape being a relative 
of Borgin's and changing his name in shame, or whatever).

JKR likes her sn... words (snape, snake, sneak, snitch, snatch, 
snivel(lus), though I don't recall use of snide, sneaky, sneaking, 
snap, snappy or snip)