The first tweet concerns the pronunciation of “Voldemort”, the evil wizard in the Harry Potter series. It’s Vol-deh-mor. The final consonant is silent, as in the French word for death, mort, which is pronounced like the purple wilderness in which Heathcliff hanged puppies long ago. Voldemort’s name is, in fact, said in the French style.
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Rough news, Harry Potter fans: you’re not as knowledgable about the series as you originally thought. Rowling responded to the tweet, confirming the correct usage, but also noted that “I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who pronounces it that way”.
Rowling revealed this illuminating tidbit while answering some Harry Potter trivia on Twitter. The character is played by Ralph Fiennes in the films.
Mary Ward of the stated Rowling can not blame her followers as a result of the movies and the audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry pronounce Voldemort’s names with a tough “t”.
This is just one of many tidbits of information about the universe that she has created and much to the delight of Potterheads everywhere, keeps on expanding.
“We’re definitely trying to stay away from being too niche”, said Rocks, a 27-year-old Brit who himself has four Harry Potter tattoos.
They’re hoping to serve Butterbeer when they find a name that isn’t under copyright and there’s even a drink with such an obscure reference you’ll get it on the house if you can figure it out. Ooh.
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On September 1, J.K. Rowling let us all know that Harry Potter’s son, James had been sorted into Gryffindor after catching the train at King’s Cross’ Platform 9 ¾. Therefore, it’s entirely possible that someone in the wizarding world of Harry Potter may have gone his or her entire story line without ever actually having to say the Dark Lord’s name out loud.
