Neville's broken nose

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 85801


> Sylvia wrote:
>  > Neville's broken nose had the effect of making him mis-pronounce 
his words, the spell coming out as "Stubefy!" It was thus 
ineffective. If a wizard had a natural speech defect, a lisp, for 
example, or an inability to pronounce the letter "r", would this also 
affect his ability to cast spells? > 

> Angel added:
> There's two interesting points to add to this. The first is in 
> Flitwick's first lesson, where he cautions that students should 
> pronounce things properly, citing a wizard that didn't. The second 
is  the spell that Dolohov uses on Hermione, wordlessly. These two 
instances seem to be slightly contradictory.
> Any ideas?


Erin:
No ideas, just another question:  What about foriegn wizards with 
accents like Fleur and Victor Krum?  Surely they pronounce spells 
differently from the English wizards?  

Erin