Learning Voldemort's Name

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 111477


Deb in NJ wrote:

> > 
> > How, then, have all of Harry's classmates LEARNED the name so 
that 
> > they know to shudder, shake, fall off chairs when they hear it? I 
> > mean, if you've heard your whole life about "Harry Potter and He 
> Who 
> > Must Not Be Named" and then you hear somebody 
> say "Voldemort" . . . 
> > how DO you know that that's the same person?? (grin)
> > 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Funny. Very funny!
>   JKR better hurry up with that next book or we'll be discussing 
how 
> many wizards can dance on the head of a pin.
> 

Now Cory:

This is truly clever.  On a slightly more serious note, I've always 
thought it was curious that people actually fear to speak Voldemort's 
name.  I mean, there have been Muggles who could be likened to 
Voldemort (Hitler, et al), but nobody has ever feared to speak their 
names.  I wonder if speaking the name actually has some kind of 
effect, like he draws power from those who fear him or something.

--Cory, who has never lived in Jersey but can see Hoboken from the 
kitchen window of his apartment.