JRK is right! Give Voldemort respect. was: No more "Voldie"
cubfanbudwoman
susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 17 17:32:52 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 98606
Mandy:
> Most of us on this site refer to Voldemort as LV, Dumbledore as DD,
> and J.K. Rowling as JRK, for the sake of short hand. These
> shortening of names to initials, imo, are more acceptable because
> they don't take away from the power of the name itself. Of course
> JKR might disagree.
>
> Stepping of her soap box,
> Mandy
Sorry. Don't agree. Perhaps a poll is in order? I don't know that
most use "LV"--I've seen a LOT of Voldy/Voldie and other variations
(Lord Thingy for one). VOLDEMORT takes more effort to write out than
Voldy; that's the ONLY reason I use it. I didn't attribute any
significance to the name when I chose to use it; I didn't select it
because it's cute or softened his image; I just liked the shortcut.
Now, you're right that LV is even shorter, and I may switch to that!
But it won't be because JKR said Voldie must stop. I *really* think
that was a bit of a joke on her part.
Siriusly Snapey Susan
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