slang and HP - Reckon

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Neil Ward" wrote:

> It hadn't occurred to me that a word like 'reckon' would seem odd
> to people outside Britain.  No wonder I got some funny looks when I
> was in New York, recently.

When I lived in NYC in the early 1980s, my domestic partner of the 
time was a Londoner -- his adorable accent *almost* made up for him 
hitting me. In one non-violent conversation, I commented on him 
always using the word 'reckon'. He said it's an Americanism that 
Brits imitate. I pointed out that we didn't know any Americans who 
ever said 'reckon'.