[HPforGrownups] Re: New Member and question/ Names wordplay

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 160733

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:

<quote>
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".
</quote>

Nikkalmati
I don't think we are limited to just one way of understanding the names  
here.  There have been several other proposals about LV's name and several  
associations or connotations are perfectly acceptable and may have been  intended. 



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