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[info]sylvanawood
8/27/07 02:10 pm
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Original poster: melusin_79

Below is our fledgling Brit List. We're aiming for a broad spectrum - culture, history, geography etc. as well as language, expressions, regional dialects - anything, really, that will help you write in the Potterverse.

Future contributions will be linked to this list.

All suggestions are welcome.


LANGUAGE:

Regional Dialects:

Example Phrases and Vocabulary:

Phrases

British and American word usage



So far we have the following volunteers for specific regional questions:

[info]darkheartwalsh  North of England, especially Lancashire and Cumbria.
[info]hope_24  Scottish, Glaswegian and general Scots slang and culture.
[info]melusin_79  Basic Welsh, South Wales English. South Wales and West Wales culture.
[info]persevero  North of England, Lancashire, Cheshire, West Derbyshire.
[info]camillo1978  South West England, Devon etc

CULTURE:

Class and the Potterverse


OTHER USEFUL SOURCES:

hb_britglish: http://community.livejournal.com/hp_britglish/profile
britpickery: http://community.livejournal.com/britpickery/
Dictionary of English Slang and colloquialisms: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm
Language Reference Guide For British English: http://www.translationdirectory.com/article663.htm
Mrs Muggle's Potterwords.  Invaluable for quick canon references - used by most of the moderated archives as such: [info]potterwords
Villages in England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Villages_in_England
Towns in England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_England
Traditional English Names: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng_.php</lj>
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