Ron and Parseltongue

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 183321

> bleepnbooster:
> Something that grated a little on me when reading DH was when Hermione
> explained how Ron has opened the CofS to obtain the basilsk fangs by
> using Parseltongue.  I thought that you were either born with this
> ability or not, it wasn't something that could just be copied.

Zara:
Responding more to this thread as a whole, I felt that the plausibility 
of Ron's use of Parseltongue was well-established within DH itself. He 
is not suddenly a parselmouth - he merely imitates the sound of the 
word for "Open". Ron's ability to mimic voices is brought up in the 
book, and Ron receives a refresher in how "Open" sounds, when Harry 
uses it to open the locket in "The Silver Doe".