Why do we call Snape "greasy git' and what other names can we call him. WAS: Ca

[kelleyaynn]

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Betsy Hp <horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
> I'm not tired of it being used to insult Snape.  I'm just tired 
> of the word "git", period.  For some reason all the non-British 
> folks in the fandom seem to have picked up on it, and whenever
> they want to insult *anyone* they throw that word out. Fics,
> essays, discussions, whatever.  It's been overused.


Well, as non-Brit, I have to say that the word "git" is used quite 
often in the the books, along with "prat". So being unfamiliar with 
Britspeak, I would conclude that is a very common insult to use. If 
I were to write a fanfic and wanted to try to keep everyone in 
character, I'd be tempted to use the term. Yes, "dictionaries" 
online can provide poor, ignorant Americans like me other insults 
that are used in British slang. However, without having seen or 
heard them used, I would try to avoid those words since I couldn't 
be sure I knew exactly how they should be used. 

I've noticed a lot of British fanfic writers also use the word, by 
the way.

Kelleyaynn
Who is tired of the fact that when some people display their 
misunderstanding or ignorance (in the unknowing sense of the word) 
about another culture, country, etc., some people get all bent out 
of shape about it. And that goes for Americans too. How else are we 
to learn about one another?