[HPforGrownups] Re: The Stephen Fry versions of the Potter books.

Charla vikingwoman at shaw.ca
Sat Jun 1 14:41:44 UTC 2013


No: HPFGUIDX 192375

> John:
> Hi Charla, thanks for the interesting link.
>
> That may well be of great help to some who are not familiar with
Brit slang and idioms. Along those lines there was a file called A
Guide for NonBrits Writing Harry Potter Fanfics, that was posted on
many fan fiction websites some years back. It was by a writer using
the pen name Pinky Brown and was intended to be informative, slightly
humerous and maybe slightly 'snarky', (to use a very non Brit word
all too commonly used by some American HP fan writers).

<snip>

> For this reason and since it is a non copyright fan work I will
paste a .pdf copy of this now hard to find file into the files
section of this group. I think if some of you read it then it may
both illuminate the differences between US and UK English usage and
> also entertain you. :o)


Hi John,

Thank you for your kind comments.  Maybe you could email me about
Spooks the telly show; I am a real fan of the show and maybe you are
too.  I know it would be rather off topic here so private email would
be better.

Kveðka,

Blessings,


Charla

 <mailto:vikingwoman at shaw.ca> vikingwoman at shaw.ca

Victoria, British Columbia , Canada








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