I re-read The Half Blood Prince 2 days ago and something struck me as a little weird - Dumbledore shows Harry a memory in which Merope, Morfin and Marvolo speak to each other in parseltongue (does Merope speak P'tongue? I don't remember); what I don't get is, how does D'dore understand them?? There are only 3 ways he could have understood them : 1) He asks Voldemort what they were saying, 2) He has a parseltongue-english dictionary, and 3) He used a Babel Fish. All three options are very unlikely... so how does he do it? JKR, Please respond.
I liked the book 2nd time around too... it has passed the test of time.
I had 6 classes today - that is 6 * 1.5 = 9 hours of class; and another 9 hours tomorrow and 7.5 the next.... not even the Independence day free!! Sacrilege!
No news... just classes and more classes. Save me!
Apparently, a local hotel is having a South Indian Food Festival.. dare I risk it? How will my weak stomach react??
i don't agree... d'dore tells harry that the reason he's showing the memories is so that harry will understand voldey, not coz harry's the only other p'mouth... so even if d'dore understodd what was going on, he would have shown it to harry... i think, jkr jus srewed up here, tho' i'm a big fan too.
ReplyDeleteOR maybe big ole dumb'dore is a closet parselmouth.... And he's actually a descendant of one of Salazar's illegitimate children. Just a thought. A stupid one, but still, a thought.
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ok...as we are discussing the loopholes in HP6 :P...here is another to ponder about...
ReplyDeletewell..right from the first book hermione says no one can apparate or disapparate within the hogwarts castle...ok ... then ... how do these house-elves do it ??? any clarrifications ???
I think she explains that too...
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or are we turning into those trekkies who meet up at the local pub wearing spock's ears and william shatner's clothes?
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ReplyDeletehi.
others, hi too.
maybe house elves have diff sorta magic...
sophist - yes... you should hear some conversations here. non-hp folks go nuts.
al - fan?? *blush*