slang and HP - Reckon

[Ali]

Steve BBoy asked:-

>>> I'm curious about the word 'reckon'. 
 
 Do people in Britain actually use that word as much as we see it in
 the book? 
 
 Harry and Ron use it all the time. The only people I know of who
 consistently use that word in everyday speech are driving pick-up
 trucks around that great state of Texas.
 
 Of all the language, Brit-speak, slang, etc..., 'reckon' was the one
 word that struck me as the most odd.<<<

I use it very regularly. I know lots of other people who use it to. 
I'm not sure if it's a word I've picked up out of context, but it's 
never struck me as at al odd that Harry and Ron use it.

Ali

(who reckons that the slang that JKR uses is more reflective of her 
generation than current day teenagers, simply because language 
changes so rapidly).