JRK is right! Give Voldemort respect. was: No more "Voldie"

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> 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.
> > 
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan: 
> 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.
>

Neri now: 

Heh, an interesting discussion...

I'm guilty of using "Voldy" myself occasionally, thought I usually 
use LV for short. I think JKR said "this got to stop" half jokingly 
and half seriously. She knows very well she can't order us around, 
but she probably doesn't like to be reminded that she didn't manage 
to create a really scary arch villain. Voldy (sorry JKR) is rather a 
cardboard villain. Even when he murders baby Harry's parents, or 
trying to possess Harry, he is not really scary. I think the only 
time in the books when he had managed to scare me is when he peeked 
out of the back of Quirrell's head. Now that was scary... But as a 
whole, this fancy "Voldemort" that Tom invented for himself, and with 
the "Lord" on top of that, is rather pompous, so no wonder we like to 
demean him back. Note that we very rarely use pet names for Snape 
(some use "Sevvy", but it is not common) or even Lucius Malfoy. 
Bellatrix is sometimes only "Bella", I think for similar reasons that 
Voldemort is sometime only "Voldy". She has a similar cardboard 
quality to her villainy. She's just too pompous to be real.

So, after giving this matter my full consideration, I reserve the 
right to use "Voldy" whenever I feel like it (sorry Voldy...)

Neri