Mate, mate, mate!

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 70651

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hedge2staxy" <hodgins at s...> 
wrote:
> Was it just me or did the guys in OotP really latch onto this term 
> and use it to death?  It seemed strange because I don't recall them 
> calling each other 'mate' before Book 5.  At first, I thought, oh 
> how endearing, a more mature way for the guys to refer to one 
> another, but then it seemed to be everywhere and I found it 
> distracting and grating.  Phew, sorry just had to get that out of 
my 
> system.  
> 
> -hedgehog who will try to never criticize JKR's writing again but 
> had to do it just this once

It's because OOTP didn't have the language diluted. 

There were no instances of "take the mickey" out of anyone either.

The British English was for the most part [and I say the most part]  
unedited and left as is, except for where it would've caused major 
cultural misunderstandings.

Indigo