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:
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darkheartwalsh North of England, especially Lancashire and Cumbria.hope_24 Scottish, Glaswegian and general Scots slang and culture.melusin_79 Basic Welsh, South Wales English. South Wales and West Wales culture.persevero North of England, Lancashire, Cheshire, West Derbyshire.camillo1978 South West England, Devon etcCULTURE:
Class and the Potterverse
OTHER USEFUL SOURCES:
hb_britglish: http://community.livejournal
britpickery: http://community.livejournal
Dictionary of English Slang and colloquialisms: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang
Language Reference Guide For British English: http://www.translationdirectory
Mrs Muggle's Potterwords. Invaluable for quick canon references - used by most of the moderated archives as such:
potterwordsVillages in England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Towns in England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Traditional English Names: http://www.behindthename.com