Harry heard of Tom Riddle

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 80425

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> 
> I wondered if the name "Tom Riddle" resonated in Harry's 
> subconscious, reminding him of "Lord Voldemort".  You know how if 
you 
> do anagrams, sometimes you can almost "see" the unscrambled word 
but 
> you can't quite grasp it?  Or is this just me?

I can't see how Harry could be aware of the anagram at this 
stage.  "T.M. Riddle" is all he's got to work with, which is quite 
some distance from "Tom Marvolo Riddle" = "I Am Lord Voldemort".  It 
doesn't even have a "V" in it.  I just think it's strange that he 
would have this feeling of familiarity from the name "T.M. Riddle", 
when he had no sense of recognition at all the first time he heard 
the name "Voldemort".  I doubt that by this point, Voldemort himself 
even thinks of himself using his old name, he seems to have 
discarded that persona completely.

Wanda