Dumbledore knowing Parseltongue

[eggplant107]

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"oiboyz" <oiboyz at h...> wrote:

> You don't need a connection 
> with Slytherin to know Parseltongue;
> it's a rare gift but no one ever 
> said that *only* Slytherin and his
> descendants had it. 

Voldemort told Harry in Chamber Of Secrets :

"There are strange likenesses between us, after all. Even you must
have noticed. Both half-bloods, orphans, raised by Muggles.
Probably the only two Parselmouths to come to Hogwarts since the great
Slytherin himself We even look something alike

> Come to think of it, doesn't GoF
> mention something about Dumbledore
> speaking a lot of languages? 

That was Barty Crouch Senior.

Eggplant