pronunciations

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 6863

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Susan McGee wrote:
> 
> > Jim Dale says "Voldemor" (silent t)
> > Stephen Fry says "VoldemorT" (sounds the t)
> >
> > I will always think of him as Voldemor (silent t), because I 
assumed
> > that there was a play on words and that it referenced the French 
word
> > for death
> 
> But there's a bunch of "mort-" words in English having to do with 
death:
> mortician, mortuary, Morticia (for you Addams fans), etc., that I 
still got
> the strong connection even pronouncing the /t/. 

But they have letters after the t -- which in French would cause the 
T to be pronounced. Death in French is pronounced with a silent "t".

I would speculate that it is a JKR play on words combining the German 
with the French and it means full of death