Nutters

[japonicastar]

I will be driven me mad one of these days...!

Taken from Harry Potter and the Battle of Wills by Jocelyn (which is fabulous by the way)...

“You ought to know by now not to get too close when I go nutters.”Why will I be driven mad? The misuse of the word nutters just drives me up the wall

Comments

[biichan]

What about 'go spare?' Is that still legit British usage or is it twenty years out of date?

[katkin134]

i'm english, i'd say it's very legit.

[japonicastar]

That'd be fine I think.

Thanks for commenting!

[glitterdemon]

doesn't ron actually use that phrase about hermione in ootp?

[anonymous]

At least it's better than the fic writers who think starkers means crazy...

[biichan]

Heee, I made that mistake once. Luckily my beta caught it.

It's because of stark raving mad, I think.

[ex_ms_katoni171]

It means going naked where I come from...

[starkittyn]

Here via the snitch. That was actually very helpful. I think I already had it right but it's nice to get the low down so to speak. :)

[japonicastar]

I'm glad that I was able to help you.

Cheers for commenting.

Thank you!

[lizzyrose89]

That gets to me, too! I see it so often that I was starting to think that I'd got it wrong!

Re: Thank you!

[japonicastar]

*Laughs*

Cheers luv!

[mad_martha]

Here via the Daily Snitch. I wrote what I hope wasn't a rant on this months ago, but I don't think it made an impression. I hope your attempt does! Misuse of words like "nutter" and "starkers" make me wince and grit my teeth ... because if I stopped reading fic because of them, I would never read a thing.

[japonicastar]

Exactly. I told the Daily Snitch in the hopes that people who didn't know would be able to sort it out.

It drives me nuts too.

I haven't seen 'starkers' much actually. Though it does make me cackle when I see it though!