Snape and Petunia

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 155566

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "katssirius" <katbofaye at ...> 
wrote:
>
>   Since we know
> Petunia is not a witch he must have known her at least as a child to
> use her given name.  He is obsessively old world in that regard.
> Petunia shares Snape's close feelings for Harry as well.  The 
question
> as to how they would ever have met well I haven't a clue.  However I
> also haven't a clue why Dumbledore would have met her and known her
> early and well enough to call her Petunia and yet he does.
> 
> katssirius
>
 
colebiancardi:

that is a good hunch.  In OotP, Petunia states:
'I heard ... that awful boy ... telling her about them 0 years ago,' 
she said jerkily.
'If you mean my mum and dad, why don't your use their names?' said 
Harry loudly, but Aunt Petunia ignored him.

Now, she never names that "awful boy" - which Harry thinks is James.  
Many people think she is not referring to James but to Snape or 
Sirius instead.

colebiancardi