Voldemort vs. Riddle

[Kelly M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 76960

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" 
<navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> I was skimming SS last night and noticed in the first chapter 
that Dumbledore tells McGonagall that he has been trying for 
years to get 
> people to call LV by his "proper name: Voldemort."  Contrast 
that with the battle in OoP when Dumbledore keeps calling him 
"Tom."
> Ravenclaw Bookworm

My 2 cents:
Maybe Dumbledore was trying to get into LV's "emotional" side - 
or appeal to the deeper person instead of the monster that he 
has become.

Another possibility- calling him Tom could be considered an 
insult?  Instead of calling him Voldemort like I'm sure he'd like to 
be called, Dumbledore is then talking down to him?  Just a 
thought...

-Kelly