Voices and Magic

[biggladolaf]

No: HPFGUIDX 75029

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> > 
> > And that also leaves me to wonder, do identical spells work in 
> other 
> > languages? I assume that the French and Bulgarian students 
> speak...uh...French and 
> > Bulgarian, but are wizarding commands in a language all their 
own? 
> Are spells in 
> > Esperanto (j/k), or does the French version of Accio sound 
> different than the 
> > British version of Accio?
> > 
> > Beth, who has digressed. Sorry
> 
> 
> Great questions! I cannot even begin to imagine what would happen 
to 
> a witch or wizard who was born mute. Something like a squib maybe? 
I 
> suppose they could still do things like potions or herbology. I 
could 
> be wrong, but I don't recall any instance where magical commands 
were 
> needed for a potion.
> As for the magical commands, I suspect they are the same no matter 
> what the spoken language of the individual wizard. They are 
probably 
> codified in one language, similar to the way Latin is used in 
> scientific nomenclature.
> 
> 
> Allyson

Actually, to me most of the spells do sort of sound something like 
esperanto (or a least some sort of mock-Latin).
Olaf, glad and big.