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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 98630

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mandy" <ExSlytherin at a...> 
wrote:

Mandy:
> I agree with JKR on this one, and an glad that hardly anyone on 
this 
> site uses that particular name in reference to Lord Voldemort.  
I've 
> always found it silly and it doesn't in any way describe the 
villain 
> worthy of our hero's trials and tribulations. 
> 
> `Volide' is too cute, cuddly and imo disrespectful, and if we're 
> going to honor JKR's works by discussing as much as we do, I think 
we 
> should respect her wishes.  JKR wants Voldemort to maintain an 
aurora 
> of menace and terror and to dumb him down with a silly nickname is 
> wrong and disrespectful to the character and authors intention. 

Geoff:
I can recall that UK troops at least made up songs about Hitler 
during WWII which were disrespectful, silly and very funny; but I 
don't think that they made him cuddly and cute.

BTW, why shouldn't we be disrespectful to Voldemort? I wasn't aware 
that he deserved any.....