Parseltongue (SPOILERS!)

[davewitley]

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> It appears not a question of knowing parseltongue but of being able 
to
> repeat the correct password. If DD didn't know the exact wording, he
> couldn't produce it at will. It's a stretch having Ron remember the
> sounds Harry produced five years ago to open the chamber, but it can
> happen, and understanding the words depends on the IA of the door
> chamber.

Small point here.  I don't find this very satisfactory from the point 
of view of internal logic (Parseltongue is *magic*, surely?), but Ron 
didn't have to remember all that long, since Harry used the same word 
to open the locket a few months earlier.

David