Wands and Wotcher

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 82857

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Davis" <jmd at j...> wrote:
> > Deirdre Woodward said:

> > And what does Wotcher mean?  Tonks says that a couple of times -- 
> "Wotcher, Harry!"  Is it some kind of greeting?


Jerry:
> 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.
> 


Very much London, not strictly Cockney. I even use it myself after 45 
years in the place. It has been suggested from this that Ron might 
have Cockney connections and, as you say, it has been used in the 
books on more than one occasion.

Geoff