Saying Voldemort's name

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 19182

--- 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

Maybe Dumbledore, Lupin and Sirius are the only ones who believe in 
the Laws of Magic. Apparently there is a "Law of Names" . 
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/l/laws_of_magic.html
<quoted>The Law of Names is related to both the Law of Knowledge and 
the Law of Association. The law simply states that by knowing the
true and complete name of an phenomena or entity gives you complete 
control over it. There are two premises upon which this law
is based: First, a name is simply a symbol of the definition of an 
phenomena or an entity. If the phenomena is fire, one simply says fire
instead of describing the whole phenomena of fire. If the entity is a 
man, one just says a man. The names or terms fire and man
convey the definitions of fire and man. Names convey definitions to 
others provided they are spoken in a mutual language spoken by
both the speaker and listeners.<quoted>

Milz