OoP: Wotcha

[Sara_ELL]

No: HPFGUIDX 62085

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <Ali at z...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sara_ELL" <sara1412au at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
>  (who'd REALLY appreciate being spared the ignomanity of having to 
> ask a 10 year old kid, about the significance of Tonks continually 
>  greeting Harry with "Wotcha").
> 
> Ali responds:
> 
> I'm not sure that there is any significance. "Wotcha" 
> means "hi", "alright", "how's it going", it's just one of those 
> phrases you say on meeting people. It is a vernacular term, common 
I 
> think to London. I used to use it alot, before I went to 
University 
> and lived with people from all over the country who found that bit 
> of slang too entertaining for me to continue with it.
> 
> If there is any significance at all, I would say that it pinpoints 
> Tonk's origins to London. Alternatively, it could just be her way 
of 
> being "cool".
> 
> Ali
> 
> (Who is still in deep mourning).

Much appreciated Ali - 

I read the whole book thinking that she was trying to say "Rodger" 
(like in the army films), but with a lisp (like you "wascally 
wabbit") which, oddly enough, didn't quite help me come to terms 
with Tonks as a character. Was this kept for the America edition of 
the books (anyone?) - I can imagine a few more clueless readers out 
there.

Sara (who had, unfortunately worked out through watching "lord of 
the rings" too often, that Sirius had a Boromir complex and was .. 
doomed (snifs) )