[HPforGrownups] OoP - A "mate" question for the Brits

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

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Hello bard7696 at aol.com,

In reference to your comment:

è Ok, did anyone else get really tired of Ron saying
è "mate" every other  sentence?

Being Scottish......

I have both the US and the UK editions of all the books... The US editors 
this time round decided to make it more 'British'.... so don't ask.... lol

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers 
of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, 
to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of Wisdom


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Date:   6/28/2003 13:33:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time 
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Ok, did anyone else get really tired of Ron saying "mate" every other 
sentence?

That's the first time I can recall Ron calling Harry "mate" and I 
don't think -- though I could be wrong -- anyone else has ever called 
him "mate." (Maybe Fred and George did, but I don't remember.)

My question for any British folks, is whether or not "mate" is 
something guys don't say to each other until age 15 or 16.

I know, what with all the other stuff in the book, this is relatively 
small, but I'm re-reading it now and it is really annoying me. :)

Darrin
-- No band name is allowed to have the word "mate" in it, from now on.



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