Brit Speak - 'Wotcher Harry...'?

alice_loves_cats hypercolor99 at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 7 21:32:28 UTC 2003


Steve:
> What the heck does 'Wotcher' mean?

Alice:
wotcher! late 19th century, a stereotypical cockney greeting (elission
of 16C+ Standard English "what cheer")

This is from Jonathon Green's Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, a truly
enjoyable book. :-)

Love, Alice
---smitten by Luna :-)





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