We've been pronouncing Voldemort's name wrong, says JK Rowling

First his nose and now his name. Is there anything left that we can take away from this man? It's ironic how 'He who shall not be named' is the one whose name hasn't been pronounced right all along.

Surprisingly, it was a fan who tweeted the right pronunciation of Voldemort's name:

and JK Rowling promptly replied in agreement:

and Twitter went into a tizzy, because their childhood has now taken a different shape altogether:

An ongoing debate ensued about the origin of his name:

One even questioned names of the other characters in the popular series:

Some had fun when they came upon this new revelation:

The main antagonist in the book has had the misfortune of his name being globally (with the exception of France) mispronounced. His name originates from French word Vol de mort which means "theft of death/death theft".

The Dark Lord rightly puts all us muggles to shame: