I don't think Voldemort has much of a choice. Dumbledore is the only wizard he feared. Dumbledore could pretty much call him whatever he would like to. I'm not saying Voldemort is afraid to fight Dumbledore (OotP), but I think Voldemort would choose to pick his battles better. Why fight Dumbledore over a name, I'm sure it did bother Voldemort though. He did have everyone else calling him Lord Voldemort or The Dark Lord.

Well said. Dumbledore, after all, was the Headmaster of Hogwarts at the time when Tom Riddle was a student there, and he had always been a very good student, so I think he was used to Dumbledore addressing him by his real name. Secretly, he may even have had some respect for him (though probably not much!)

Do you mean Voldemort had some respect for dumbledore? I think that may be true in a sense. Tom may have respected dumblydore for his knowledge of magic, but I think its more likely he was a bit jelouse of dumblydores knowledge.

Exactly! And you are so correct, it probably was more jealousy on Voldemort's part than any type of respect. But Dumbledore was a person who had a lot of power as the head of Hogwarts, and I think Voldemort would have respected that, if nothing else. After all, power is everything as far as the Dark Lord is concerned!

LOL, I figuared it was a matter of time before someone brought up the MoM battle. And I think you are right on the mark about dumbledore calling him Tom at that time. Riddle would have been a little busy at the time to object to it. And I also think Voldemort would AK anyone who else who called him by his muggle name. As far as dumbledore respecting Tom, I do belive dumbledore has a respect for everyone, even if their ideas clash. At the end of CoS dumbledore never says a cross word to Malfoy, but at the same time lets him know what he thinks of his ways. Thats one thing I liked about dumbledore, he could be subtle with his words , and yet you know when the line is crossed just by a look. I think Tom knew dumbledore could respects him as a person even though he didn't agree with his wicked ways.

If you go by the book and stuff it is fear. To me though he does not have a choose. Dumbledore is just going to call him Tom no matter what. Dumbledore seem the type to me if Voldemort told him if you call me Tom one more time I am going to kill you. Dumbledore well come off with like go head and kill me Tom.

Well, actually I have to correct you on that. Dumbledore was Transfiguration teacher, not Headmaster, when Tom Riddle was a student. Which I think is even better because as someone's professor, you are even closer to the students because you interact with them in your classes rather than just occasionally in the hall or dining room. Therefore, as Tom's professor, yes there is a certain amount of respect that comes towards any professor. DD called Tom by his real name for years before he changed his name; he knew Tom's strengths and weaknesses, which is what scared Tom the most about DD. That's why he tolerates only DD to call him Tom; out of fear and respect of DD - which he will not admit.

I think voldemort is so afraid that Dumbeldore will do something to try and defeat him that he does it, not becuase he wants to but becuase he has to.

It's amazing, even after all those years Voldemort still remembered Dumbledore as his old professor and even he had respect for him because of that. I guess it just goes to show how much power a leadership posiition such as teacher really does carry.

I believe that Lord Voldemort was known to Dumbledore as Tom because he used that name to at least show that he knew Tom for being Tom, not some dark Wizard, Dumbledore did not want to show that he knew Voldemort is an evil wizard and all. Maybe he continued to say 'Tom' for the fact of the possibility that Lord Voldemort might feel remorse and come back to being the real Tom. Also Dumbledore is so used to it, so I don't think he'd feel right to call him Voldemort all of a sudden.

I agree with Bombalurina, because Dumbledore always respected a person, and he might have thought that Riddle wanted people to respect him, but he didn't give Riddle respect in that way that Death Eaters do, but he respected Riddle in a way that he didn't like. Even Voldemort admits that Dumbledore is a great and powerful wizard.