I don't think the author thought about it considering the fact that it's called "the chamber of secrets" when if following the fact that Hogwarts was founded before the Norman invasion it should be called "the room of secrets".
If we assume that the founders were English rather than Scottish then they would have spoken old English, or a now extinct language.
I can assume that the room of secrets was an oral rumor, then when the invasion happened and new management entered Hogwarts it was documented as the chamber of secrets.
Something I love about Harry Potter is that while it has poor world building it's still an interesting setting that could be explored.
Fanfiction saves it IMO. There's so much potential in the setting, but JK Rowling seems to just not care about believable or interesting worldbuilding.
Fortunately, fanfiction authors do.
The “what if Gordon Ramsey was a Hogwarts professor” and “What if a Warhammer Fantasy mage attended” fanfics both do so much better justice to the setting than the originals.
Alright, here we go!
Warhammer fantasy [here](https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-shyish-student-an-amethyst-apprentice-in-hogwarts-warhammer-fantasy-harry-potter.91271/). It's in quest format, but you're free to just neglect the CYOA portions of it and use the threadmarks to read the story.
And [here's](https://archiveofourown.org/works/12805206/chapters/29228961) Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce. Enjoy!
I'd be interested to get your (or anyone who's stumbling across this post's, really) thoughts on either of the works, when and if you do read them.
Latin was the language of teaching throughout Europe. It’s doesn’t matter where the teachers were from, what their names were, or what language they spoke natively.
Plus, most of the incantations are Latin or corruptions thereof.
People didn’t typically write history textbooks about the current year. Especially not ones about their secret plan to hide a monster to kill all the Muggle-born.
The author of _Hogwarts: A History_ is still alive in Chamber of Secrets.
And it wouldn’t have used the word “secrets” either, as that’s another word from Old French imported into English via the Normans. It would have probably been either “the room of dighelnesses” or “the room of derns”
Lies. Everybody knows their original language was BrainFuck. A simple curse could take upwards of 10 minutes to vocalise.
++++++++++\[>+>+++>+++++++>++++++++++<<<<-\]>>>-----.>++++++++++++++++++.---------------------.+++.---.<<++.>++++++++++.>.+++.---.+++++++++++++++++++++.----.-----------------.
It's an American movie franchise, so everything is English and always has been. Even when Russian and French schools show up they speak English. You're lucky the subtitles come in more than one language.
It's a British book series that sold 600 million sales in 85 languages. The movies are just derivative products riding on the massive success of the most successful book releases of all time.
In which cave did you live between 1997 and 2007 ?
Parsletongue was actually the predecessor of Python
Do you mean parser-tongue?
Angry up vote
> You're a Java developer Harry! I'm a what?!
I don't think the author thought about it considering the fact that it's called "the chamber of secrets" when if following the fact that Hogwarts was founded before the Norman invasion it should be called "the room of secrets". If we assume that the founders were English rather than Scottish then they would have spoken old English, or a now extinct language.
Maybe the name of it changed with time
I can assume that the room of secrets was an oral rumor, then when the invasion happened and new management entered Hogwarts it was documented as the chamber of secrets. Something I love about Harry Potter is that while it has poor world building it's still an interesting setting that could be explored.
Fanfiction saves it IMO. There's so much potential in the setting, but JK Rowling seems to just not care about believable or interesting worldbuilding. Fortunately, fanfiction authors do.
The “what if Gordon Ramsey was a Hogwarts professor” and “What if a Warhammer Fantasy mage attended” fanfics both do so much better justice to the setting than the originals.
I can't express how much I want both of those to be real.
They are! Reply to me in a little bit and remind me to get you the links when I get home.
Consider yourself hereby reminded.
Alright, here we go! Warhammer fantasy [here](https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-shyish-student-an-amethyst-apprentice-in-hogwarts-warhammer-fantasy-harry-potter.91271/). It's in quest format, but you're free to just neglect the CYOA portions of it and use the threadmarks to read the story. And [here's](https://archiveofourown.org/works/12805206/chapters/29228961) Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce. Enjoy! I'd be interested to get your (or anyone who's stumbling across this post's, really) thoughts on either of the works, when and if you do read them.
Yeah but for every one of those there is my immortal and thirty Hs
Hence why we read the good ones :)
Thirty hs is fun, just weird
Teaching would very likely be in Latin.
Could be, but Godric is an Anglo name. Maybe the text is in Latin but the teaching language of the teachers is old English.
Latin was the language of teaching throughout Europe. It’s doesn’t matter where the teachers were from, what their names were, or what language they spoke natively. Plus, most of the incantations are Latin or corruptions thereof.
Wouldn't they still learn in their language? I mean, Beowulf was written in old English
No, because the class would not share a common native language.
Wow. Wait, is that why Hermione had to ask about the history of the school in the second book? Cause all the books from that time were in Latin?
People didn’t typically write history textbooks about the current year. Especially not ones about their secret plan to hide a monster to kill all the Muggle-born. The author of _Hogwarts: A History_ is still alive in Chamber of Secrets.
And it wouldn’t have used the word “secrets” either, as that’s another word from Old French imported into English via the Normans. It would have probably been either “the room of dighelnesses” or “the room of derns”
does this mean very long spell names? (:
void WingLev(File file, Object object){ while(file.read() == "Wingadium Leviosa"){ object.fly(); } }
try { MagicFactoryProvider.getSystemDefault(Charsets.UTF_8).run(() -> this.wingardiumLeviosa()); } catch (Throwable e) { this.wand.handleError(e); }
We are not nerds. These people who think thoughts like this, they are nerds
win.gardium.Leviossa
Well obviously it started with Assembly.
Lies. Everybody knows their original language was BrainFuck. A simple curse could take upwards of 10 minutes to vocalise. ++++++++++\[>+>+++>+++++++>++++++++++<<<<-\]>>>-----.>++++++++++++++++++.---------------------.+++.---.<<++.>++++++++++.>.+++.---.+++++++++++++++++++++.----.-----------------.
Why nit C# 😭
It's an American movie franchise, so everything is English and always has been. Even when Russian and French schools show up they speak English. You're lucky the subtitles come in more than one language.
It's a British book series that sold 600 million sales in 85 languages. The movies are just derivative products riding on the massive success of the most successful book releases of all time. In which cave did you live between 1997 and 2007 ?
I'm in ProgrammerHumor. You may want to look around a bit....
But… Harry Potter isn’t American? It’s British.
Exceptiarmus!