HBP chapters 21-23 post DH look

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 184408

> Alla:

> But the difference between you and me is that I do not enjoy sarcasm
> directed at children, teenagers, students be it work of fiction or
> real life. That disgusts me big time. To each their own indeed.
>

Potioncat:
Ah, but you see, I have teenagers at home who rattle my cage, push my
buttons and generally create chaos. I love them dearly and would never
use sarcasm against them. But that doesn't mean I don't have sarcastic
thoughts. So, by playing along with Snape, I can be sarcastic
viscariously.

Snape, a mother's best friend, just ask Narcissa and Lily.

Alla:

Okay, this was a case of very very VERY bad wording on my behalf, for 
which I do apologise.

I did not mean to imply anything about you enjoying sarcasm in real 
life, truly, I did not. If I meant it, I would have apologised for 
that too, but I did not.

I meant to say that I do not enjoy sarcasm even against fictional 
kids and you do. Sorry.





> Pippin:
> The narration only says that Harry has had experience with 
wheedling,
> it doesn't say that Harry was the one doing it. Harry has had
> plentiful experience with people trying to wheedle information *out*
> of him. Slughorn, Scrimgeour and Umbridge have all tried it on
> occasion. Fellow students have bugged him for details of his various
> adventures, and then of course we can't forget Rita.


Alla:

I obviously cannot claim that I know complexities of language very 
well, but here is the quote again :

"He, Harry, had had too much experience of trying to wheedle
information out of reluctant people not to recognize a master at
work." - p.497

To me if author would have wanted to say what you argue it means, she 
would have said something along the lines that Harry had experience 
with too many people trying to weedle information out of him.

Maybe I am missing something obvious here, but I just cannot figure 
out how your explanation (which I do like) fits into above sentence 
even gramatically.