Voldemort's Names

[honeycakehorse03]

No: HPFGUIDX 60117



We know that language can be a powerful weapon and Dumbledore shows 
in every book again that you can make people believe or disbelieve 
something only based on your wording.

We all noticed that Voldemort is called different things in the 
books, from Lord Voldemort, to only Voldemort, to You-Know-Who, to 
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, to the Dark Lord.
I looked through the books and tried to determine if the name you 
use for Voldemort has any parallels with your opinions about him or 
how you feel about him.

So far my basic findings are:

You-Know-Who is what he is called by almost everybody. Mainly the 
normal people on the street (Madam Rosmerta, Bagman, Rita Skeeter, 
the Weasleys, Hagrid) but also Professor McGonagall, Minister Fudge 
and Harry (but that only out of consideration for others).

The names Voldemort and Lord Voldemort are pretty much 
interchangeable between the people who use them with the exception 
of Voldemort and Tom Riddle himself who always says Lord Voldemort. 
Those people are mainly Dumbledore, Remus, Sirius and Harry, but on 
occasion also 
Lord Voldemort: Quirrell, Crouch Sr. (trial), Fudge, 
Voldemort: Peter and Crouch Jr. and McGonagall (forced).

The Dark Lord is mainly used with supporters of Voldemort or people 
who are close to supporters of him. Namely: Crouch Sr., Karkaroff, 
woman at the trial (Mrs. Lestrange?), Snape, Draco, Dobby, Lucius, 
Tom Riddle. It's interesting to see that this name is also mentioned 
by Ernie Macmillan, Trelawney and in the Valentine Harry receives 
(Ginny?).

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is used by Rita Skeeter, Karkaroff, Crouch 
Sr.,Dobby (and consequently once be Harry), Trelawney and Pettigrew.
>From my PoV He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is used by people who are very 
intimidated by Voldemort or in public writings (Skeeter article). 

I especially want to have a look at Trelawney and Dumbledore in this 
post as they seem to be the most interesting to me.

Dumbledore always calls Voldemort by his name, as does Harry, but 
Dumbledore says more often than not Lord Voldemort instead of 
Voldemort which IMO shows that
a)  either Voldemort is really a Lord or
b)  that Dumbledore has a certain respect for Voldemort (which 
doesn't necessarily bad as it shows that he doesn't underestimate 
him.)

On the other hand there is Trelawney who uses Dark Lord mainly in 
her vision in PoA but afterwards also uses He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. 
And when we look at the list of people who say Dark Lord, I think 
Trelawney is going to turn out to be a supporter of Voldemort.

Any other thoughts?

Sabrina