Question #1

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183348

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kennyg1864" <kennyg1864 at ...> wrote:

> #1: How could Nagini (in Bathilda's body) say "Come" from the next
> room?
 
> Either:
> - Nagini was speaking Parseltongue, or
> - he manipulated Bathilda's tongue and mouth to say it in English.


zanooda:

Hi, Kenny! Nagini definitely spoke Parseltongue. Later Harry said to 
Hermione: "She didn't want to talk in front of you, because it was
Parseltongue, all Parseltongue, and I didn't realize, but of course I
could understand her" (p.347).


> Kenny wrote:

> (side question:  Did Nagini understand English?  Did he actually
> respond meaningfully to their questions?  IIRC he pointed to the 
> pile of rags when Harry asked where the sword was, although that 
> could have just been a distraction, irrespective of Harry's 
> question)


zanooda:

I'm not sure, but your second suggestion seems more realistic to me :-).
 

> Kenny wrote:
 
> Why didn't Hermione recognize that it was Parseltongue? She's heard
> Harry speak it on more than one occasion. Surely she would do more 
> than just jump, as smart as she is.  Something like "Harry, what's 
> that hissing sound?" :P


zanooda:

I think Hermione only heard Harry speak Parseltongue once, in the
Duelling club (CoS). Besides, the word "come" probably sounds like
some short hiss, maybe Hermione didn't even realize that the sound
came from "Bathilda", you know - just some sudden noise. I personally
don't have a problem with this :-).



zanooda, who is waiting for Kenny's second question, and who always
thought of Nagini as "she" :-).