Ron and Parseltongue

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 183308

zanooda wrote: 
> 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. 
>
Carol responds:

I agree with your reasoning and examples. I'd just like to add that
the Weasley kids in general seem to have something of a gift for
mimicry. Ginny startles the kids at the initial DA meeting in the
Hog's Head with her "hem! hem!" Evidently she sounds so much like
Umbridge that for a moment they believe that Umbridge is actually
there. I seem to recall various Weasleys imitating Percy and their
mother, as well.

Carol, wishing that she had time to look up specific examples