What Do Snakes Do If They Don't Hiss? - Tumblr Posts

part 300 of trying to write Parseltongue in a way that people won't find annoying

"Where can I find the adders?"

"Placesss."

"Placesss?" he mimicked sarcastically. "What placesss?"

"Shh. You are attracting the badgers."

It half-heartedly flopped towards the water, and Tom followed it.

"In the sun. Not often. Try when the students have gone back to their nests."

"Do you mean during the holidays?"

"Yesss. Nasty little creatures, always kicking and throwing stones. He would have none of that, hss. Disrespect. Now leave me alone."

"Disrespect, hss," said Tom, biting back a laugh. He was going to catch a cold if he stood there any longer. "Fine. I'm going."

Okay I know everyone on the Internet says that they find hss'es and ss'es annoying in Parseltongue, but I can't imagine this snake not sounding like that. I wouldn't put it (unironically) in a human Parselmouth's speech, but I can't get it out of my head. At least the italics are fairly unobtrusive?