Saying Voldemort's name

[dfrankis at dial.pipex.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19250

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> MMM wrote:
> 
> > (Pettigrew even used the word Voldemort, which is 
> > strange because he just flinched at the name two paragraphs above 
> > it.  Inconsistency on JKR's part?)
> 
> Good catch!  I think it's a good piece of characterization on JKR's 
> part, not an inconsistency.  Sirius is scathing towards Peter when 
he 
> flinches; a few moments later, Peter says the name as if to prove 
> that he isn't afraid, Voldemort is not his master, and he's just 
like 
> Sirius and Remus.
> 
> You can't read too much into any one use of any name (e.g. I'm not 
> going to conclude that Snape is really a DE because the one time he 
> mentions Voldemort he calls him the Dark Lord), but there do seem 
to 
> be trends.
> 
> Amy Z

Agreed.  I don't have COS in front of me, but IIRC Tom Riddle hints 
that Voldemort was intended to be a name that his followers would use 
and the rest of the world would fear to.  Dumbledore simply refuses 
to play by those rules.

Dark Lord I believe is mainly poetic, or to emphasise Voldemort's 
unique status (supposed - *is* he special or just another dark 
wizard?).  Try running Trelawney's 'real' prediction with Dark Lord 
replaced by you-know-who or he-who-must-not-be-named and it becomes 
comical; by Voldemort and it becomes too matter-of-fact.  As such it 
is used by both sides.

Talking about red herrings, did anyone notice that the name 
Grindelwald contains the letters R I D D L and E.  The remaining 
letters are then G N W A L - I can't make anything of it but I'm sure 
you will! Just add a suitable phrase like 'I am Lord...' and take it 
from there.

David