OOP? What's in a name? (Pt. 2)

[mlle_bienvenu]

No: HPFGUIDX 65567

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
<jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:
> I noticed that LV's "given" name is Tom Riddle. Not Thomas, but 
Tom. 
> HP is Harry, not Harold or Henry, just...Harry. Ron, however, is 
> Ronald.
> 
> So why give characters (especially these two!), as given 
> names, "abbreviated" first names?
> 
> Theories? Hypotheses? Wild, random stabs in the dark?
> 
> -Joe in SoFla

Mlle: Now we just need someone named Dick, then it would be, Tom, 
Dick and Harry...

: Waits to be pelted with vegitables. :

Seriously, I really don't know why it's Tom and not Thomas, but I 
HAVE been thinking a lot about Tom's name lately, especially after 
reading OotP. As many of you already know, the name Tom means 'Twin' 
So I always assumed his name meant something like 'The Twin Riddle' 
(as in an enigma) but looking up the word 'riddle' in the dictionary 
and thesaurus has given me some interesting insight, The 
verb 'riddle' means to pierce with numerous holes, to spread 
throughout, and to put through a sieve. (dictionary.com) Some 
synonyms for the verb 'riddle' are bore, corrupt, damage, honeycomb, 
impair, infest, mar, pepper, permeate, pervade, pierce, pit, 
puncture, spoil.

So another way of thinking of Riddle's name meaning would be 'The 
Riddled Twin' 

The Twin Riddle or The Riddled Twin hmmmm....

Mlle Bienvenu