[HPforGrownups] A Mistake and a Question

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 23271

jonathandupont at hotmail.com wrote:

> Probably both been discussed before,

Not that I recall, at least not the one I'm responding to, but I *am*
getting old and losing brain cells, and sick at the moment, to boot....

> The question -
> In COS13 - "And while Harry was sure he had never heard the name T. M.
> Riddle before, it still seemd to mean something to him, almost as
> though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, and
> half-forgotten."
> I might be missing something from earlier in the book here, but when
> would he have heard Riddle's name? His parents if they ever mentioned
> the man would have called him Voldemort or You Know Who (&
> variations). I suppose it could be similar to his prophetic dreams or
> something, or is it just another strange connection between the two of
> them?

I think the latter. Harry has a bond with Voldemort, through his scar
and the mysterious transference of some of Voldemort's abilities, and
that Voldemort's natal name rang a dim, misty bell someplace doesn't
surprise me. I don't believe that Harry ever *had* heard the name
before.

--Amanda


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