Ron and Parseltongue

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183302

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma"
<k12listmomma at ...> wrote:

> BUT, and here's the huge BUT with me - Ron had never demonstrated 
> this gift before. So, I find it a bit unbelievable that he was 
> able to copy the word that he had heard long ago 


Well, Ron *does* seem to have maybe not "a gift", but at least a
certain ability to imitate sounds. Remember how he managed to give "a
passable imitation" of Wormtail's voice in Malfoy cellar? Wormtail was
not even someone close to Ron, whose voice he could hear on a regular
basis, and still he imitated him convincingly. I'm not sure I could
have done this :-)! 

Also, even though Ron heard the word "open" last time some four month
before, it was under very memorable circumstances, so he could still
remember everything vividly. Besides, as Steve noted, Ron heard the
same word in CoS as well, and also under memorable circumstances. 

Ron also could have overheard Harry whispering "open" in Parseltongue
when Harry was trying  to open the Snitch at night (p.434 Am. ed.),
after he guessed that the ring was hidden inside it - this one is just
a speculation, of course :-).

In short, I find it reasonably believable that Ron could say "open" in
Parseltongue - after all, it's just one word, or rather, one hiss :-).



zanooda, who found a few much less believable things in DH ...