Parseltongue and Ron WAS: Deathly Hallows: My Review (SPOILERS!)

[Karina Aleksandrova]

No: HPFGUIDX 172279

Phyllis wrote:
> I didn't think it worked to have Ron open the Chamber of Secrets to 
> get out the basilisk fangs - either you know Parseltongue or you 
> don't - how could he fake it?  If that were the case, presumably 
> Dumbledore could have made his way into the Chamber in Book 2.

Karina: I loved that bit, actually. I've been suspecting that
Parseltongue is learnable since Dumbledore didn't ask Harry for
translation of the Morfin's memory wherein he and Voldemort spoke
exclusively in Parseltongue. It was a very significant dialogue too,
not like the Parseltongue in Bob Ogden's memory. (And I think it's
been said about Dumbledore that he knows many languages, and in
particular Mermish in Book 4.) It doesn't detract from the Harry's
kind of "innate" ability to speak Parseltongue without having to learn
it, but I do like that others can learn it by listening to someone
speaking it. It's nice to find out these kind of details 

Karina