Dumbledore the parselmouth?

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 151078

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:

> "He was a Parselmouth," interjected Harry.
> "Yes indeed; a rare ability, and one supposedly connected with the 
> Dark Arts,although as we know,there are Parselmouths amoung the 
great and good too."

> Such as Dumbledore and Harry?

Steven1965aaa:

If Dubmledore was a parselmouth, wouldn't he have heard and understood 
the basilisk in the pipes throughout COS?