Dumbledore's use of names

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 18736

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., lea.macleod at g... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at w...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankis at d... wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > There is also a study to be done on use of 
> He-who-must-not-be-named 
> > > vs You-know-who vs Dark Lord (unless I've missed it).
> > > 
> > 
> > One clue about Moody/Crouch's identity that I didn't pick up till 
I 
> > re-read GoF, is that he never utters the name Voldemort. 
> 
> 
> Very well observed, CM!
> 
> I thought those who are against Voldemort say "You know who", 
unless 
> they´re especially brave (or ignorant, as Harry in book 1). I think 
> we´ve heard only Dumbledore, Harry and Sirius calling him by his 
name 
> so far. Lupin too, maybe, but I can´t check that right now. I find 
it 
> strange that Prof. McGonagall doesn´t.


McGonagall and Hagrid each say the name in PS/SS, but only when 
challenged to (by Dumbledore and Harry respectively), and they both 
use it with some misgivings

"I have never seen any reason to be frightened of saying Voldemort's 
name."

"I know you haven 't, said Professor McGonagall, sounding half 
exasperated, half admiring. "But you're different. Everyone knows 
you're the only one You-Know- oh, all right, Voldemort, was 
frightened of." (Chap. 1)

See, there was this wizard who went... bad. As bad as you could go. 
Worse. Worse than worse. His name was..."

Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.

"Could you write it down?" Harry suggested.

"Nah -can't spell it. All right -- Voldemort. " Hagrid 
shuddered. "Don' make me say it again (Chap. 5)

The only other character I can think of who uses the name besides the 
quartet (Harry, Dumbledore, Black & Lupin) is, surprisingly, 
Cornelius Fudge, in Chapter 36 of GoF.  In his "Parting" 
confrontation with Dumbledore, with a "strange smile" on his face, 
Fudge asks of Dumbledore, "You are prepared to believe that Lord 
Voldemort has returned, on the word of a lunatic murderer, and a boy 
who....well..."

Earlier, Fudge had always scrupulously used "You-Know-Who" whenever 
he discussed Voldemort. What is Fudge doing here? My guess is that he 
trying to show Dumbledore that he is not afraid of Voldemort, and 
that he is so certain that Voldy has not returned that he will use 
the name. Of course, Fudge also lacks confidence in himself, 
especially in facing Dumbledore, so he never repeats the name.

It seems to me that Barty Crouch Sr. once uttered the name Voldemort, 
but I can't find the reference now. During the PEnsieve scene, he 
always refers to "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named."

  - CMC