New Member and question/ Names wordplay

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 160738

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, puduhepa98 at ... wrote:

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. 

Geoff:
There are two reasons why I posted this message. The first is that I was puzzled that 
London Granddaughter had posted two messages which asked virtually the same question 
within a couple of days of each other.

Secondly, etymology should provide pointers to argue against the "volt: theory. The word 
"volt" is named after Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist who lived in the 18th/19th 
centuries. Hence, it would be normal that, in any language, thje word volt would retain its 
spelling and that a change to a word such a "volde" would not occur.