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

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No: HPFGUIDX 65657

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mlle_bienvenu" 
<mlle_bienvenu at h...> wrote:
> --- 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

Another thought:
I think it has to do with the statement in prophecy where LV marks 
his equal.  Both HP and LV have one parent that is not a 
wizard/witch. and both do not have formal given names....
Fran in n. fl