DDM!Snape clue

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 148428

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Sherry now:
> i think it would be impossible to confuse the words, "it's over" 
with a long
> Latin like spell such as "petrificus totalus"--spelling?  Even in 
the heat
> of the moment, with Harry's incredible hatred and his fixation on 
Snape, he
> would certainly recognize his voice and know any words that came 
out of his
> mouth.  the two phrases are so different, sound so different, that 
as a
> possible clue to Snape's real motives, it doesn't work for me. 

Allie:

I can imagine some panic setting in when DDM!Snape turns around and 
Greyback is on top of Harry.  Snape's a veteran spy, but before 
this, has he ever seen any battle action?  I can't recall anything 
in canon.  Maybe he just didn't have the presence of mind to cast it 
nonverbally.  Maybe the TOTALUS was louder than the Petrificus.  I 
can believe Tonks would confuse "it's over" for "Totalus."  
Especially since she wasn't paying attention to it.  As for Harry 
recognizing the voice, well, he was a little preoccupied, and he 
didn't recognize "REMEMBER MY LAST" either.