I still remember several years ago I was reading a fairly good Buffy story until Angel attacked Spike with a steak.
*giggles helplessly* That one really tickled me :D
Re. Britishisms in the mouths of Americans and vice-versa - that's something Ive relied heavily on criticism to correct over the years. I'm always grateful when a reader pms me politely and let's me know a rogue term got through. If my fic is set in a foreign TV show I try to write in that country's vernacular, even if it's not in dialogue: torches/flashlights, etc. I stick to my own country's spellings, though, as is proper :)
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*giggles helplessly* That one really tickled me :D
Re. Britishisms in the mouths of Americans and vice-versa - that's something Ive relied heavily on criticism to correct over the years. I'm always grateful when a reader pms me politely and let's me know a rogue term got through. If my fic is set in a foreign TV show I try to write in that country's vernacular, even if it's not in dialogue: torches/flashlights, etc. I stick to my own country's spellings, though, as is proper :)