Wotcher

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 90938

ladyramkin2000 wrote:
It's hardly ever used now, so I would agree that Tonks has 
picked it up from her Muggle dad and thinks it is the essence of cool.

Berit replies:

It IS the essence of cool... when Tonks is using it :-) In the 
Norwegian language (I imagine it is the same with the English 
language) there are plenty of examples of people picking up old 
words/sayings and turning them into cool, "modern" words. For an old 
word to be "re-invented" and becoming cool it is enough for someone 
cool to start using it. And Tonks is cool :-) I'm sure Harry and his 
peers don't think Tonks is daft for using "wotcher". They would, 
though, if it was Luna who started using it LOL.

Berit
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