Chamber of Horcruxes

[Joe]

No: HPFGUIDX 161366

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" 
<k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
> I think of another incident where Dumbledore speaks another language-
 it was 
> with the Merpeople in the TriWizard Tournament, to find out what 
happened at 
> the bottom of the lake. I often wondered just WHEN he acquired 
> Mermaid-language- was it in school, afterward, or was it a natural 
gift of 
> his to pick up languages? 

Joe:
I would think that DD's ability at legilimency would give him a leg up 
(or a flipper up in this case) in understanding a speaker of a foreign 
language. Perhaps he could see visually what the Merpeople saw (HP 
helping all of the hostages). Although I think the book actually said 
he spoke mermish as well. Legilimency may not help there unless you 
can project thoughts and images as well as read them.