Every Tom, Dick and Harry...

antoshachekhonte antoshachekhonte at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 9 03:29:47 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 117449


Antosha:

A very random and possibly pointless thought occurred to me today.

Could there be any significance in the fact that the two antagonists in this series both have 
what would normally be considered nicknames?

We know that Tom Riddle is really a Tom, not a Thomas or Tomas because of his 
ridiculous little anagram. If he were more than just a Tom, he'd have to stick an extra 'h', 
'a', and 's' into "I am Lord Voldemort." 

Harry, while somewhat more common as a given name, is also typically a nickname for 
Harold or Henry.

Any significance?

Am I just lacking sleep?







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