New Member and question/ Names wordplay

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160717

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan MacLagan" <SMacLagan at ...> wrote:

Carol:
> > <snip> I noticed the punning names of the textbook 
>   <snip> 
> > Still, the wordplay is one of the continuing pleasures of the books.

London Granddaughter:
> How about Voldemort:  Volde = volt (electricity or lightning bolt) + 
> mort = death:  the voltage/lightning bolt of death

Geoff;
You have already raised this point quite recently in message 160009 
and I replied in 160013:

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London Granddaughter:
> Since JKR likes to use bits of words to mean something, couldn't the
> name Voldemort mean bolt of lighting (voltage) in relation to death
> (or in this case, a failed attempt to kill)? I hope JKR explains it
> further, but at least this much seems reasonable to me.

Geoff:
This has been discussed a number of times in the past. The general
consensus has been that Voldemort's name is derived from the French
"vol de mort" = "flight of death" or "theft of death".
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