Voldemort and Celine Dion

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

Voldemort and Celine Dion!  Now there's a couple!  Anyway...

Naama wrote:
> Harry suggests that [Hagrid] write [Voldemort's name], and then 
Hagrid says "Nah, can't spell it.." (snip) Now, from what we see of 
Hagrid's letters, he can spell quite well (snip) So, 'Voldemort' must 
present some real spelling difficulty. 	

I think that Hagrid can spell Voldemort perfectly well.  This is just 
his general aversion to the name--saying it, writing it, hearing 
other people say it, probably reading it--Hagrid wants no part of it, 
thank you very much.  And I say the T because Tom Riddle made this
name up and he's British, and pronouncing French correctly in 
countries where French is not an official language (whether it's 
England, Germany, the US, etc.) just doesn't seem to be a high 
priority. (The poshest restaurant here in Philadelphia is Le Bec Fin, 
which should be pronounced "luh beck fann" and is routinely called--
even on the local news-- "lay beck finn.")

>> Just want to breathe another sigh of relief over the Celine thing 
being false. >
>Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! ::John sighs in HUUUUGE relief:: 

The Celine thing is false?  THANK GOD!  (Dances around study.)  Okay, 
my kids now officially think I'm mental.  Why can't they just have 
the Cambridge Singers do something that sounds like a medieval motet 
in Latin, except that the Latin is all hexes and charms?

--Barb