Hermione flinching at LV's name

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 94318

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ellendvlmaas"
<ellendvlmaas at y...> wrote:
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> I recently reread SS and am currently rereading OotP (this group has 
> inspired me to pull them out again!). I have been wondering, if 
> Hermione was muggle born and raised, then why does she flinch at 
> Voldemort's name like those raised in the WW? 
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Annemehr:
As far as I can tell, just riffling through the pages of SS, it's only
Ron who says, "Will you please stop saying the name?" to Harry (for
instance, after they find out DD's left for London).  I think at this
point, Hermione probably just doesn't say it because it isn't "done."

Then in GoF, when Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys are in the tent
after the Dark Mark was conjured at the QWC, Harry says "Voldemort"
and *everybody* flinches.  At this time, Hermione has been in the WW
for three years and has personally seen some of what Voldemort can do.
 She is also best friends with Voldemort's number one target.  I think
she has just had time to develop some of the same fear as the rest of
the WW, and her habit of avoiding the name just reinforces it.

That't my take on it, anyway.

Annemehr