Neville's broken nose

[absen99]

No: HPFGUIDX 85805

> 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?  


I believe that this issue deals with the skill of the Wizard in 
question.  The weaker the Wizard the more they depend on the spoken 
version of the spell/hex.  The spoken words are probably useful to 
help Wizards focus their concentration and energy.  Wizards like 
Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort on the other hand often do not even 
speak their spells.  Just look at their duel at the end of OotP.  

[Voldemort raised his wand and sent another jet of green light at 
Dumbledore, who turned and was gone in a whirling of his clock; next 
second he had reappeared behind Voldemort and waved his wand at the 
remnants of the fountain; the other statues sprang to life too.] – 
OotP Pg. 813 US

Concerning foreign Wizards, many of the HP spells have their roots in 
Latin, which is very convenient because then all Wizards can use 
these words.  For example, Krum or any other foreign Wizard would 
still say Lumos to ignite their wand.  The word itself isn't English 
but rather the Latin word for Light.  The same for Nox, which is 
Latin for Darkness.

As far as the DE who couldn't speak or even Harry underwater (in 
GoF), speaking the spells even though no words came out probably 
still allowed them to hear the words in their "minds eye" if nothing 
else.  This allowed for at least a partial effect.  Neville, being 
very unskilled probably would desperately need to speak the spell 
properly out load for it to have any effect.  Also note that 
Neville's failed attempts after his broken nose were also hampered by 
not using his own wand (it was Hermione's).

Absen