Voldemort addressing Pettigrew as "Wormtail"

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No: HPFGUIDX 54278

Stickbook wrote:
 
>>Does anyone know why Voldemort addresses Peter Pettigrew 
>>as "Wormtail"?    

Phyllis wrote: 
>I just had a brainwave on this - Voldemort might not want the DEs to 
>know that Pettigrew is Wormtail, since, as Sirius said in the 
>Shrieking Shack in PoA, many of the DEs in Azkaban believe that 
>Pettigrew double-crossed Voldemort by betraying the Potters, since 
>it was by going to the Potters' house that Voldemort met his 
>downfall.  
>So Voldemort may be afraid that the DEs will turn on Pettigrew if 
>they knew it was Pettigrew, so he's decided to call 
>Pettigrew  "Wormtail" and let the DEs believe that Pettigrew is 
>still dead.

> ~Phyllis
> who's still wondering why Wormtail is the only unmasked DE in the 
> graveyard

Question: If Voldemort is afraid that the DE's will turn on 
Pettigrew, why isn't Wormtail covered up?  Someone may recognize him, 
say Lucius, who went to school at the same time as he did and 
overheard one of the "marauders" calling him Wormtail.

Greicy