The Official Harry Potter thread (SPOILERS - NO tags)

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Hermione told Harry "It might have been a girl. I think the handwriting looks more like a girl's than a boy's", and she was the one who discovered the former student (Snape's mom) with the last name of Prince. I suspect Mom helped Severus in his schooling, and may have annotated the book for him. Wouldn't Snape's handwriting be familiar to the students? I wonder if there are any examples in past volumes.....

That's Heidi's theory, and it's a pretty sound one. It irritated me that they didn't recognize his writing. Then again, Rowling talked about his cramped writing from Book 5. And Book 6 describes the "Prince's" writing as cramped, as well. So, who knows. I'm sure all will be revealed in TWO FRIGGIN YEARS. Bastard Rowling.