[HPforGrownups] Neville's broken nose

[Astrid Wootton]

No: HPFGUIDX 85832





On 25/11/03 4:51 AM, "sylviablundell2001" <sylviablundell at aol.com> wrote:
Sylvia says
> 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? Would he have to undergo elocution lessons?
> Or could it be put right by a simple spell?
> Sylvia (just curious)
> 
Astrid says
> This way lies chaos: every distinct *accent* could complicate the spell! The
> range of accents in the UK alone is considerable, and if you add in the
> enormous range of Spoken English around the English Speaking world the
> complexity of the problem (were uniformity attempted) far exceeds the
> desirable practices of voice coaches!
> 
> However it does appear that the *quality of thought* is a key determinate of a
> spell.(You really have to *mean* the Cruciatus curse, before it works
> properly: (Bellatrix to Harry OOP UKHN p7i5)
> 
> Perhaps it was not merely the hypo nasality caused by the broken nose that
> made Neville¹s Œstubefy¹ inoperative, but the pain and confusion which took
> the edge off his concentration.
> 
> 
> 
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