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[yolandacarroll]

No: HPFGUIDX 85500

Berit wrote:
> I think you're probably right that Tom couldn't possibly know about 
> every parselmouth the last thousand years... But, and there's a big 
> BUT; When Rowling makes Tom say it like that, I am sure she wanted 
to 
> stress the fact that Tom AND Harry are quite unique when it comes 
to 
> having the ability to communicate with snakes! 
<snip>
Anyway, parseltongue is NOT a common ability. And, it's 
> considered bad...

I realize that JKR was pointing out how unique they 
are in the WW and that the two of them share a very 
rare ability.  However, I wanted to caution everyone 
against taking Tom's statment as canonical fact.

Yolanda