[HPforGrownups] Re: the term "professor" and titles in general (was: Snape's

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 58607

> Odile:
> >And while I'm at it, why is Voldemort a "Lord," yet
> >the seemingly aristocratic Malfoy is "Mister"? Or is
> >that movie contamination as well?
>
> Eloise:
> I think someone else has already pointed out that Voldemort *assumed* the
> title "Lord" for himself.
>
> OTOH, Dumbledore uses it and Snape, amongst others, talks of the Dark
Lord.
> We *assume* that Malfoy is aritstocratic from his name, his wealth and the
> fact that he lives in a manor named after his family.

Kelly:
I believe I was the one who pointed the "assume" bit out.  Anyway, your next
comment reminds me of something I've thought on before.  You mention that
Snape uses the term "Dark Lord."  Is it just me, or are the majority of the
people who use this term either DE's or associated with them somehow (like
Dobby)?  I have never gone through the books and kept track of who exactly
uses this term of address for V, but I do know there are a couple of people
who have not been proven to have real ties to the DE's that use it.  If I
recall correctly, Fudge is one of them.  Anyway, it does seem to me the
majority of people who use it are DE-linked, which makes me suspicious of
the few who have no proven ties.  Has this come up before?  What do the rest
of you think?  Am I totally off base here?

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova