[HPforGrownups] OoP: Dumbledore's fight against Voldemort

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 65337

Tamara wrote:
> 
> Did anyone else find it, if not strange, then interesting, that
> Dumbledore called Lord Voldemort Tom when they were fighting??  I
> hope it means that he will be starting a campaign to bring to an end
> the whole "You Know Who" thing.  By calling him Tom Riddle instead of
> He Who Must Not Be Named, or even Voldemort, it brings V down a few
> levels in the fear department.

I think he was doing it to goad him.  Make him angry, affect his
judgment, and look for him to make a mistake because of it.