Ron and Parseltongue

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 183304

---  "Lynda Cordova" <sweenlit 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
> 
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> 
> He did mimic Hermione at times, with what Harry thought was
> incredible accuracy.
> 
> Lynda

bboyminn:

Just one small flaw in this thinking. It assumes that Ron 
heard Harry say 'open' in parseltongue twice and never gave 
it another thought. 

But, it is equally possible that he dwelt on it, pondering 
how it sounded and might have even curiously tried to mimic 
it a time or two; of course, in a very casual way.

Now when the chips are down, that background pondering 
paid off, and with several failed attempts, he finally
managed a passable 'open' in parseltongue. It didn't even
have to be a good 'open', just a barely passable one. 

Too many people are assuming that Ron now suddenly has the
gift of speaking parseltongue, but that is simply not true.
He just by the barest margin and with great effort managed 
to squeak out one passable word by mimicry.

Steve/bboyminn