[HPforGrownups] Re: talking dragons

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18877

In a message dated 5/16/2001 12:43:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu writes:


> I have strong suspicions that the first language of dragons wouldn't be
> parsletongue, because it's unlikely that two species would speak the exact
> same language - however, as the species are related, their languages may
> also be related enough that a dragon would understand some words spoken in
> parsletongue, and therefore the nesting mother understood Harry, at least in
> a limited way, much in the same way that a native French speaker can
> understand some Creole, as the languages are related - not enough to speak
> it fluently, but enough to have a vague comprehension of what someone
> speaking Creole is saying. 

In many mythologies, Dragons are considered to be highly intelligent. Perhaps 
they know parsletongue as well as their own language.

Toby


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