Floo & Fireplace Communication Into/Out of Hogwarts

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "corinthum" <kkearney at s...> 
wrote:
> Snazzzybird wrote:
> 
> > I've been wondering about fireplace communications to and from 
> > Hogwarts, specifically with regard to the incident in OoP when 
> Sirius 
> > was speaking to Harry in the Gryffindor Common Room fire. An 
> instant 
> > after he left the fire, Umbridge's hand appeared, clutching at 
the 
> > space where his hair had been. Sirius was speaking from #12 
> Grimmauld 
> > Place. If Umbridge had gotten hold of his hair -- well, okay, he 
> > probably would have been able to get free. But what if he hadn't? 
> If 
> > he had withdrawn his head from the fireplace with her hand still 
> > entangled in his hair, would she have been able to "trace the 
call" 
> > so to speak? Might she have popped out into the kitchen of Order 
of 
> > the Phoenix headquarters -- a location which does not exist for 
> her, 
> > because she has not been told about it by the secret keeper?
> 

Corinth:
> An interesting question.  On the surface, I would say no.  Let's 
> forget the Fidelius Charm for a second.  So far, we've seen that 
> enunciation of your destination is necessary when traveling by floo 
> powder.  Harry ending up in Knockturn Alley due to mispronunciation 
> is movie contamination, 


Geoff:

Not entirely. He finished up in Borgin and Burkes because he got a 
mouthful of hot ash and coughed and spluttered as he spoke:

"D-Dia-gon Alley", he coughed.

That is tantamount to mispronunication, because it is not what it was 
supposed to be.....