He who must not be named by a specific name...

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 191153


>> Geoff:
>> <snip>
>> Two final thoughts. I was surprised when Harry, on a couple of
>> occasions, referred to Voldemort as "He who must not be named"
>> when, in contrast, McGonagall rather tartly tells Flitwick to
>> use his proper name.
>
> June:
> The reason Harry refers to Voldemort as "He who must not be named"
> in the movie is because (although it isn't in the movie, it is in
> the extras and also in the book) there was a spell put on the use
> of Voldemort's name where if anyone said his name, they could be
> found by him and his death eaters. That is why Xenophilius Lovegood
> uses Voldemort's name in his house. It summoned the death eaters.
> When McGonagall uses it however there was no use in not using it as
> he and his death eaters where there already.

     I still can't figure out why Harry & crew in the book didn't simply 
call him "Tom", "Riddle", or, my own personal favorite, "Morty" while 
the taboo was in effect.

     Bart