Linda
asked:
Is it just me...? If you're British, writing a very-nearly-poetic book set in modern-day Coastal California, is it too much to expect that your editor deletes the British terminology sprinkled throughout your book...? I can guarantee you that not one soul in the United States asks another what they've 'got on' for the weekend.
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Sara Cook
Absolutely agree!! This threw me off so many times and took me right out of the story. Overall liked it a lot but would have loved it without the British slang.
Robert Blumenthal
Well, I guess they didn't get it sorted out, but it might have been a one off. Or, the editor might have been in the loo at the time, and he might have left his materials in the boot of his car. Just sayin.
Teresa
Also....the references to Coastal California were way off. Even calling the main town Cape Haven didn't ring true, that's an east coast thing.
Nicole
I thought the same thing.
Fiona H
I didn't notice the "got on" as we say it in Australia, as in "got much on this weekend?" How do Americans ask this question?
Karen
I noticed that too.
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