[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: slang and HP - Reckon

[golden faile]

I do!!! Older(southern) people tend to say reckon' an 
awful lot( My grandfather's favorite word). I was surprised 
that it was used  so much in the HP series(and that brits 
used the word, I started wondering if it was something that 
Americans picked up from them!). I remember thinking that 
they reminded me of an old people when they used that word.
 
Laila
 
 
 
 "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at wicca.net> wrote:
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Neil Ward" wrote:

  He said it's an Americanism that 
Brits imitate. I pointed out that we didn't know any Americans who 
ever said 'reckon'.



 

"I've been called a lot of things in my 

life," said Draco, looking at the plate. 

"But never a vicious, cold-blooded piece 

of toast." 




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