Luke_A_Somers comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, July 2014, chapter 102 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 26 July 2014 09:42:06PM 10 points [-]

Other words you wouldn't expect snakes to use: ritual, schoolmaster, spell, sacrifice, world, meaningless, murder, obscuration, device, continuity, Merlin's freaking Interdict...

yeah.

Comment author: MathiasZaman 27 July 2014 01:07:09PM 3 points [-]

But most of those you'd expect Salazar Slytherin to use when talking to, say, an ancient snake guarding all his dark secrets.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 July 2014 01:27:19PM 3 points [-]

Right. These are further evidence that the language was constructed or at least heavily influenced by humans, and is not snakes' original natural language.