Saying Voldemort's name

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 19174

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Jenny T. Malmiola" <zenonah at y...> wrote:
> I just began reading PS again and this hit me:
> 
> " 'My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can 
call 
> him by his name? All this ""You-Know-Who" nonsense - for eleven 
years 
> I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper 
name: 
> Voldemort.' Professor McGonagall flinched, but Dumbledore, who was 
> unsticking two sherbet lemons, seemed not to notice. "
> 
> 1. I think James, Lupin and Black are using name Voldemort because 
> they've been very close to Dumledore, who has "been trying to 
> persuade..."
> 
> 2.Can we because of this assume that everybody who uses name 
> Voldemort are close to Dumledore? (Of course many wizards close to 
> Dumbledore are too afraid to say it, like Professor McGonagall. 
> Though I think some of them would propably feel courageous enough 
to 
> say it when they're with Dumledore, but not elsewhere. And IIRC, 
> wizards on the Dark Side say Dark Lord, not Voldemort. This has 
been 
> discussed.)
> 
> Jenny

I just had a thought, on reading this, that I don't recall Snape ever 
referring to Voldemort directly by name, or by "he who must not be 
named" or "you know who."  Then I checked the end of GoF, to see how 
he refers to him when he is showing Fudge the Dark Mark.  He, like 
Crouch-as-Moody and Crouch as himself refers to him as the "Dark 
Lord."  This surprised me.  I would have thought that Snape would be 
able to say Voldemort - was he compromising because he was talking to 
the Minister, or does this have more sinister overtones (which btw, I 
don't believe - I think Snape is very much on the side of Dumbledore.)

Catherine