handwriting, Draco's fate, Slughorn and pineapple

[Becca]

No: HPFGUIDX 134628

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Nanagose at a... wrote:

> >>Chys:
> >>THIS BUGS ME! Why didn't Harry recognize the handwriting? Did he? 
> >>Handwriting doesn't change that much over time. 
> 

Did Harry ever have an opportunity to see much of Snape's handwriting 
except on the board?  As a teacher, I can safely say that my 
handwriting on a blackboard and on paper look very different. 

Even if Harry did, in fact, recognize the handwriting from somewhere, 
he probably dismissed the possibility of it being Snape's handwriting 
because he dated the book back 50 years - before Snape would have had 
the opportunity to write in it.

Also - was the handwriting that of Snape or Snape's mother?  Does it 
ever specify?  I would think that Snape would have taken something 
that important with him.  Perhaps it was left there purposefully and 
he wanted Harry to get his hands on it somehow (and the opportunity 
presented itself quite easily).

-Becca