Why "Lord"?

[babelfisherperson]

No: HPFGUIDX 33162

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ck32976" <ck32976 at y...> wrote:
> Plus, don't you think it would really make Voldemort very angry if
> people referred to him as Tom.  No greatness implied, no reverence.
> It would be a huge shot to his already overinflated ego.  It would
> just be another way of saying that they are not with him.
> Just something that came to me last night, and I was wondering what 
> others might think about it.  

I think that's a great idea. I'd love to see somebody referring to 
him as Tom. Or better yet, when the inevitable Voldemort-Dumbledore 
confrontation occurs, to have Dumbledore call him Tom to his face.

The question I have, though, is how widely known Voldemort's true 
name is. If you referred to "Tom Riddle", how many people in the 
wizarding world would realize you were talking about Voldemort? It 
can't be a very widely-known fact, otherwise Hermione would've known 
in CoS that Tom Riddle was Voldemort, from all the history books she 
reads. Dumbledore obviously knows, and now Harry & Ron do too (and 
surely told Hermione once her petrification was cured), but who else 
does?

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