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In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Ron enters into the the 'Chamber of Secrets' by mimicking parseltongue. How exactly could he enter into Chamber when he is not the one. Does the magic on doors not recognize whether the person is really s parseltongue or not?

What is certain is that by the time Slytherin was forced out of the school by the other three founders, he had decided that henceforth, the Chamber he had built would be the lair of a monster that he alone – or his descendants – would be able to control: a Basilisk. Moreover, only a Parselmouth would be able to enter the Chamber

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    Related, and the answers there could make it a duplicate: How did Ron speak Parseltongue and re-enter the Chamber of Secrets?. Also note that Ginny could enter though she wasn't a Parselmouth nor a Heir of Slytherin
    – Jenayah
    Nov 26, 2018 at 13:48
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    You can speak phrases in a language without being able to speak the language
    – Joe W
    Nov 26, 2018 at 13:48
  • Fixed mindset vs growth mindset? Can one learn to be a Parselmouth given not just anyone can learn to be a wizard/witch in the HP universe? @JoeW
    – BCLC
    Nov 26, 2018 at 13:53
  • @bclc we only meat a handful of people who know how to speak it and they all knew it naturally. I saw no evidence either way that someone with the right talents couldn't learn it. And considering how people viewed speaking it I don't think many people tried to learn it.
    – Joe W
    Nov 26, 2018 at 13:58
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    @JoeW Oh wrong question. Revise: Can one learn to speak phrases of Parseltongue given not just anyone can learn to be a wizard/witch in the HP universe, which I think generalises to that not just anyone can learn to cast a spell (casting a spell is to being a witch/wizard as speaking phrases is to speaking a language) in the HP universe?
    – BCLC
    Nov 26, 2018 at 14:14

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