[HPforGrownups] Snape's or Lily's Handwriting? (RE: Rosmerta and EstherS)

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 134556

 
In a message dated 7/24/2005 7:02:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
maliksthong at yahoo.com writes:

Why  didn't Harry recognize the handwriting? Did he? 
Handwriting doesn't change  that much over time.


------------
Sherrie here:
 
It can - my handwriting certainly has changed since I was a teenager!   
Sometimes by conscious decision (when I learned  calligraphy, Cyrillic and some 
older scripts, I consciously decided to  import some elements, as it were), 
sometimes by circumstance (carpal tunnel,  & the surgery to correct it, & now the 
early stages of arthritis).   Even a different pen can alter handwriting 
slightly - different size or cut of  nib, e.g.
 
But personally, I think Harry just hasn't paid enough attention to Snape's  
handwriting before - I can't recall it ever being mentioned that he reads any 
of  Snape's comments on his essays, just the grade.  
 
Did Hermione ever see the book?  If anyone was going to recognize the  
handwriting as Snape's, she would be my candidate.
 
Sherrie


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]