[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizengamot

The Crashing Boar crashing.boar at ntlworld.com
Tue Jul 29 21:22:15 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 73966

From: Arya 
  <<<snip>
  >   wotcher or wotcha
  >   It's a slang greeting/parting, sort of like 'I watch you', 
  or 'I'll be seeing you'.  It's just a friendly form of address, like 
  Hi or aloha.
  > 
  >   Dawn
  > 
  Actually "Wotcher" is London-speak for "What Cheer" which is a 
  greeting.

  Arya

  ----
  I've never come across that as the definition before, but I'm willing to believe it!  Being London born and bred, it's always been a greeting I've heard/used, never put much thought into the derivation.

  Dawn


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