The Harry Potter Lexicon
- This is about the ultimate Harry Potter resource out there...even J.
K. Rowling has used it for a quick reference. This is the reference
for the game as well.
J. K. Rowling.com - This is
JKR's own website, where she has news, information, and all of that good
stuff. Most of it's covered in the Lexicon, but not all.
Official Harry Potter Website
- This is Warner Brothers' HP website. There's a Sorting hat quiz
and a wand picker.
Freesearch UK -
UK based dictionary...great for finding definitions of British words, and
determining if a phrase is primarily from the US (this site specifies).
A Dictionary of Slang
- Here is a good site for British slang. It has dozens of words,
and even the area where each word is usually used.
British Dialect Translator -
I don't know how accurate this one is, but it's a lot of fun and can offer
some insight as to how some dialects might look in type.
Metric Converter
- Converts measurements into metric.
Magic
Properties of Wood - This is a cool site which tells of the various
magical properties of wood, according to Wiccan tradition.
The United Kingdom
on Wikipedia - All sorts of UK information.
Writing
Tips - This is a website (my own) of general writing tips of use to
beginners in particular, but also good as a refresher course.
Merriam-webster.com - The
official M-W website, you can find definitions for just about anything.
There's a thesaurus, too.
Dictionary.com - Another
dictionary site, with a thesaurus, web-search, and encyclopedia.
Ms. Nitpicker
- This is a former English teacher who is full of very good, albeit a bit
sarcastic advice on writing.