[HPforGrownups] Re: Pronunciation guide online

[Aberforth's Goat]

No: HPFGUIDX 895

> >...so his name means either 'Flight from Death' or 'Flight of Death'
>
> with some hint of also meaning 'theft of death'. A famous pun on the
> French word 'vol' was when Napoleon confiscated the estates of
> surviving nobles of the pre-Revolutionary regime. One of the
> guys whose estate was confiscated said: "C'est le premier vol de
> l'aigle', which normally means 'it is the first flight of the
> eagle' but in this case 'vol' was to be understood as 'theft'.

I don't know any French at all, so pardon the fool--but I had always assumed
the "Vol" in Voldy was connected to some form of the latinate volo (to wish)
instead of volo (to fly).  Thus wish of death, or something of that ilk.
Voldemort = Death wish.  Sounds rather nice, what?

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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