Fry's Tonks again (was Re: Fry's Lupin, Dale's Tonks)

[Amy Z]

Ali wrote:

> > My Oxford English Dictionary is too concise to say where 
> "wotcher" 
> > is most used, and I have so far tried about 5 on-line 
> dictionaries 
> > none of which appear to be working today.

I wrote:

> You need a slang dictionary, or one of those vast surveys of 
> regional differences

I then went and looked.  (Hey, it's my lunch break.)  The online 
Dictionary of English Slang and Colloquialism doesn't give a lot 
of info about regional variations, but it does note that "wotcha" or 
"wotcher" is "Mainly London use."

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

Amy Z