Dumbledore, Organ Grinder (Fair is foul and foul is fair.)

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 85736

Carol wrote:

> To speak of someone in the third person as Lord so and so (for 
example
> Lord Byron or Lord Tennyson) is not at all the same as addressing 
him
> as "my lord" in person. One is a simple recognition of a title (like
> referring to Elizabeth II as Queen Elizabeth), the other is an
> acknowledgment of superior power or social status (like addressing 
the
> queen as "your majesty," which few Americans would do--I can't speak
> for the English). 
> 
> Granted, Voldemort's lordship is self-created, but his power over 
the
> Death Eaters is real...

Me:

I think you're right Carol! Dumbledore referring to Tom as Lord 
Voldemort is simply a recognition of a title. But, could it be that 
the title is not just self-created? Maybe Voldemort can rightly call 
himself a lord? If he really is the Heir of Slytherin, which it seems 
he is (Dumbledore confirms it), then the lord-title might be 
justified, not just self-created.

Berit