Wands and Wotcher

[angelinawood76]

No: HPFGUIDX 82855

That slang website is great - thanks for the link! I can't imagine 
why JK uses the word wotcher though, as it seems a bit dated. I grew 
up in London and I haven't heard anyone use that term since the 
eighties. I suppose she uses it to highlight what generation Tonks 
is from. (Ha! Answered my own question!)

angelina

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
<coyoteschild at p...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > > Deirdre Woodward said:
> > > And what does Wotcher mean?  Tonks says that a couple of 
times --
> > "Wotcher, Harry!"  Is it some kind of greeting?
> >
> > Yes. British slang. Personally I think it's more used in the 
south. I used
> > to use it whilst I was growing up in London, but I don't seem to 
hear it
> now
> > I'm in the northern wastelands.
> >
> > Jerry
> 
> Iggy here:
> 
> I got this from the "Dictionary of Slang" site
> 
> http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/w.htm
> 
> wotcha!  Exclam. A greeting. A shortening of what cheer! Also 
spelt wotcher.
> [Mainly London use]
> 
> 
> Iggy McSnurd
> the Prankster