Ron's Parseltongue ( was: Loved it!)

[AmanitaMuscaria]

No: HPFGUIDX 173213

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "shagufta_naazpk2000" 
<shagufta_naazpk2000 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "AmanitaMuscaria" 
> <amanitamuscaria1@> wrote:
> > > 
> > Hi Katie - I don't understand - why would Harry be saying 'open' 
> in 
> > Parseltongue to the snitch? The snitch was 'set' by Dumbledore, 
> who 
> > may or may not have been able to understand Parseltongue, but 
> we've 
> > been given no indication that he could speak it. The reason the 
> > snitch didn't open when Scrimgeour (like JKR's pronunciation - 
> > skrimjaw) placed in Harry's hand was, as Harry explains to Ron 
and 
> > Hermione, that he'd caught it in his mouth ...
> > Cheers, AmanitaMuscaria
> >
> 
> Hi
> Harry does try using Parseltongue to open the snitch,in 
desperation, 
> after trying everything else. Its in the chapter called Deathly 
> Hallows i think
> 
> Of course it doesn't say whether Ron heard him then, but he did 
hear 
> him opening the locket.
> 
> cheers
> Shagufta
>
You're quite right, I'd forgotten that bit and picked it up on my 
second reading. I still don't particularly like it.
I very much like Ron in DH, though; he comes out with some great 
lines, and I found his desertion very believable.
It will be interesting, when we get to that time, how the Medium 
Whose Name We Dare Not Speak manages to put Ron's words in Hermione's 
mouth... or will they leave out the whole Camping Trip Of Doom?
I also wonder how the series will read to newcomers to it? What JKR's 
done with having her characters slowly grow up through the books, I 
think, is pretty unusual. Having at least some of her readership grow 
up during the series too makes me wonder what age level the series 
will be pitched at.
I shall start on a full read-through on the weekend, and I'm looking 
forward to it immensely.
Cheers, AmanitaMuscaria