Snape's Speech patterns (was CHAPDISC: HBP 2, Spinner's End)

[pippin_999]

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Laurie:
> I have had similar thoughts as well. Up til OOTP I had
> seen snape as a pure blood, maybe not as rich as the
> Malfoys or the Blacks but pure blood. But From the way
> I read the occumelncy scenes where Harry 'sees' some
> of Snapes memories and along with what we learn in HP
> I did revise my theory of his childhood and now peg
> him as the kind of kid who's ma made a marrage that
> was a) with a muggle and b) probably one that was not
> entirely happy. > 		

Pippin:
Another giveaway is that his speech patterns change when he is talking to Filch and believes 
he is unobserved (in Book One, where he is having his wounded leg attended to.)  It was this 
contrast that made me think Snape's background was less lofty than it seemed right from the 
start. I always got a good chuckle out of fan fics set in "Snape Manor." 

Pippin