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Sun 19 Nov, 2006 05:32 pm
Blinding realization on re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
Voldemort, if divided into 3 words, becomes:
Vol de mort which translated from the French = Flight from death.
I imagine I'm not the first to see this, though, so I'd like to know if anyone else at A2K has realized it.
That's brilliant. I've certainly never noticed it, nor have heard anyone point it out.
Quote:Lord Voldemort is the fictional arch-villain of the Harry Potter series. He is a Dark wizard bent on securing unmatched power and achieving immortality through the practice of the Dark Arts. The name "Voldemort", roughly translated, means "flight of death" in Latin, French and Catalan, or "steal death" in French
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Voldemort
I saw the movies and now I'm reading the books.
Voldemort
xingu - Have you listened to the tapes read by Jim Dale? They're brilliant.
Voldemort
Interesting Wikipedia quote!
"De" can mean "of" or "from", depending on the context.
Re: Voldemort
Tomkitten wrote:xingu - Have you listened to the tapes read by Jim Dale? They're brilliant.
i listened to the first three books by dale and then got a hold of the brittish adaptions read by the incomperable stephen fry, enjoyed them so much i listened to the whole series again
Voldemort
I tried to get the Fry tapes, but Amazon said they couldn't be sent to the US?????
I'm going to try again; persistence might pay off...
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