How Many DEs Left? Was:Dark SHIPS ( was Re: Possession)

[sawsan_issa]

No: HPFGUIDX 90916

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Silverthorne Dragon" 
> <silverthorne.dragon at v...> wrote:
> > Carol, who has a completely unrelated question: What the heck does
> > Tonks mean by "Wotcher?"
> > 
> > {Anne}
> > 
> > I think, maybe it's a variant of our own American slang--
> "Whatchadoing?" IE
> > What (how) are you doing?" Just a guess, based on when she used 
> it....any UK
> > folks want to correct my uneducated self? ^^
> 
> Per the Lexicon:
> A greeting, shortened form of "what cheer!" Also spelled "Wotcha". 
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan


Sawsan now:
Ok thanks Siriusly Snapey Susan, but one question, what does what
cheer as a phrase mean? I always thought she meant watch out or watch
yourself or whats up or something. BUt what is what cheer? how is it
used? is it similar to any american saying? 

Thanks
Sawsan