TR vs LV

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34478

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Gabriel Edson" <feycat at f...> wrote:

> I asked this once before, but no one answered: Why does Dumbledore,
in the very beginning of the first book, insist that "Lord
Voldemort's" name be spoken, and that things should be called by their
proper name... why doesn't he call LV "Tom Riddle" then? He's one of
the "few people" who know that TR is LV. Why is that? Why is it a
secret?
> 

I don't think is so much a secret as that most people just never
bothered to find out who LV might've been as a boy -- they're too busy
being terrified of what he is now.  And I think that's also why
Dumbledore insists on saying "Voldemort" rather than "Riddle."  Riddle
isn't the name that people are afraid off.  Dumbledore wants everyone
to say the name they're afraid off in order to dispel the fear.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com