Why "Lord"?

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No: HPFGUIDX 33217


> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Wiccagrrl313 at a... wrote:
 In which case it probably wasn't a legitimate title. My guess 
 is people probably used it out of fear, or because that was how he
 and his followers referred to him and it stuck. 

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "joanne0012" <Joanne0012 at a...> wrote: 
> Yes, exactly.  IIRC, young Tom Marvolo Riddle messed around with  
 anagrams of his full name and came up with "I am Lord Voldemort."  
 So "Lord" is just part of his adopted name, not an actual title by 
 any stretch of the imagination.  Though apparently the wizarding 
 world isn't aware of this yet (why not?).



I guess that is kind of what I was getting at.  If it a self-
proclaimed Lord, he doesn't deserve to be called that by others.  I 
know that not everyone knows his given name, and I understand 
entirely that his followers would refer to him as Lord, even if it is 
a title he gave to himself.  But for those who are against him I 
would think that they'd just call him Voldemort.  I definitely think 
that everyone, including Dumbledore, has some form of respect for 
him.  I think Dumbledore and others that are not followers respect 
that he is a powerful wizard, but I don't think they look up to him 
or hold him in high regard.  I don't know if I'm making much sense.  
I just think that other than the Death Eaters, people should not call 
him Lord, because ,IMHO, it conveys a level of veneration that he 
doesn't deserve.  I know it is a semantic argument, but I really 
don't like the guy (shocker!!)

The Tom thing was sort of a joke.  I know that it would be highly 
unlikely, albeit vey funny, that anyone would call him Tom (even if 
his common name was well known throughout the wizarding world. He 
would deserve to be called by his name, butI for one wouldn't be 
brave enough to do it! ; )

I also realize from reading through my original message that it might 
be misconstrued that my motivation for this question was of a 
religious nature, but it isn't.

Thanks to all for your insight on this, I really appreciate it. 
Carrie