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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM-Rocco" data-source="post: 3663441" data-attributes="member: 14451">Not too much of a concern for fantasy.  No one ever seems to have the same name.  But it would be very annoying in our world."Hey Jo...,""NO DON"T SAY IT!""..hn, oops, too late. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!"I think such spells are reserved for names that are not that common or through influence and/or action have been given a bad rap (whether justified or not), like Hitler for example.  Interesting to note that even with a bad name, it is still common for people to name themself or their children after people like this, usually by supporters or followers.  Osama, other than one or two crack pots in the US, is not common here, but is very common and praised in the middle east and parts of Africa.  Hitler however, according to the big books of names, is the only name in history to never be used again in any culture.  An odd fact about names of hated people or those with power that most might not repeat would be the cross over of fantasy to reality.  The name Raistlin, from Dragonlance fame, might not be spoken by some in the world of Krynn, but Margaret Weis confided in me over lunch once that no less than 6 people in our world have named their child after a vile and evil (her words in a pre vile era) wizard.I think though, if Osama where to cast a spell and know who said his name, people would quickly stop saying it.Also refer to the Wizard's First Rule below, People are Stupid and will beleive a lie, even if it is not true, because they are afraid it might be true.  It seems obvious that Voldemort did not have this power in books 1-6 or it would have been a very different story.  The people of that world simply let their imaginations get the best of them and beleived a lie because they were afraid it might be true.  However, Voldemort fed on that fear and made it real with the aid of powerful magic, perhaps that of the fallen ministry, in the last book.  Before that book though, he didn't have that power, or Harry would have never got as far as he did.</blockquote>

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