Citations:parseltongue

English citations of parseltongue

language of snakes

• 1998 July 2, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OL:

  "I heard you speaking Parseltongue," said Ron. "Snake language."

• 2003 September 11, John Wilkins, “Re: TOBS-Genesis: Creative day III”, in alt.religion.jehovahs-witn‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <1g14jlf.1swfuk81mlpik0N%wilkins@wehi.edu.au>:

  Having encountered a few myself, I can assure you the conversational skills of the average garter snake exceed georgann's by magnitudes...
  You speak Parseltongue? Tsk...

• 2005 May 26, Chris Castanon with Sara Kregstein, Hava Rosenberg, and Jacob Vaughn, Eggs With a Side of Super Glue, Lincoln: iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 111:

  As I watched Leo chug it down I heard the sink let out a big “HHHHSSSSSSSSSS,” as if it were speaking parseltongue (snake language).

• 2005 December 1, Aisling Willow Grey, “Re: AMC -- Kendall (and Ryan too)”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <0001HW.BFB4D67000210837F0284550@news.verizon.net>:

  Now I can't get this out of my head - them hissing and whispering at one another like they're speaking in parseltongue.

• 2007 April 3, Let's Go Inc., Let's Go Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America, 2nd edition, Macmillan, page 496:

  Slither around Santa Fe's Rattlesnake Museum while practicing your parseltongue.

• 2008 July 9, Frank Knight, Between the Gates of Paradise: The Veil of Eden, Part II, Millerstown: Oneiron Publishing, →ISBN, →OL, page 347:

  The hearty 'Si' echoes into a chant which devolves into a parseltongue cheer after a dozen repetitions.

• 2009 September 22, Sara Paretsky, Hardball: A V.I. Warshawski Novel‎^[3], New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →OL:

  “Parseltongue, that's what I need,” I murmured out loud as I brushed my teeth. A language for communicating with snakes.

• 2013 January 6, Will Rogers, “God Of War’s Descent”, in WhatCulture‎^[4], retrieved 2013-02-01:

  As mentally-overloaded as I was from his lisp, his proud/condescending tone, and his rock-solid insult, I must have blacked out, because I don't remember what happened next. I'm still toying with the possibility that he was actually a wizard speaking parseltongue.

• 2013 January 30, The Colbert Report‎^[5] (Television), Stephen Colbert (actor), via Comedy Central:

  Now, translated from the original parseltongue, Clement is saying that gays and lesbians have made so much progress so quickly, they no longer need the courts to help them.