Hermione thought for a moment. "Let's forget what we don't know for a moment and concentrate on what we do."
Harry sat up. "Okay, we know it's a goblin made egg."
"Yes, but the language isn't a form of Gobbledygook that we know of."
"True. In fact, since the translation spell you tried on it apparently did nothing, it's most likely English of a sort coming from within."
"Yes, that's true. It's probably not sped up English, either. Increasing the speed of speech tends to raise the pitch, but it is often somewhat distinguishable as English."
"Okay, where does that leave us?"
"Medium, Harry. We need to change the medium of transmission."
"Well, that might go along with the whole 'elemental' theme of the tourney. Air and Fire was the Dragon. I guess that leaves water and earth."
Hermione snapped her eyes up to meet Harry's. "That's it. Both water and dirt tend to distort sound waves. Maybe that'll render this thing understandable."
Harry pondered this for a moment. "I'd have to say that ever since I got this darn thing, I've wanted to either bury it or drown it!"