Then someone needs some Ameripicking, stat.
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§ ita § - Jan 09, 2011 4:15:43 pm PST #16936 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Jan 09, 2011 4:47:51 pm PST #16937 of 30002
Because books.
Britishisms throw me out of a story so fast, especially when it's Dean or Sam's POV. I read a lovely one yesterday, and got to a place where Dean was talking about "sewing on a proper button" and I blinked.
It's such a stupid little thing, but there are so many Dean!words and ways to phrase things, and that's just not one of them.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2011 4:55:56 pm PST #16938 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have to admit, I'm pretty bad at regional English. I always spot when someone spells like me, but I learnt to speak in so many places that I have no idea what's appropriate for where. If they say it in Jamaica, Canada, Britain, the Midwest or Cali, I'm probably good with it, and it takes some thinking to make sure it's not right for a generically American character.
(i.e. "proper button" does not twig anything for me at all. If Sam went off to university, well, that's all very sensible of him)
Amy - Jan 09, 2011 4:58:47 pm PST #16939 of 30002
Because books.
Dean might say "sew a button on properly," but very few Americans of his background use "proper" before a noun i.e. a "proper coat" or a "proper kitchen" or whatever. It's just not common.
Laga - Jan 09, 2011 5:03:24 pm PST #16940 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I imagine if I wrote Whofic I'd inadvertently use a word or phrase that only yanks use.
Beverly - Jan 09, 2011 11:05:03 pm PST #16941 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Marcia - Jan 10, 2011 1:32:50 am PST #16942 of 30002
Kneel before Glod. ~Stephen Colbert
Wow, that is indeed cool, Beverly!
JenP - Jan 10, 2011 2:57:52 am PST #16943 of 30002
Awesome.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2011 4:44:57 am PST #16944 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would go in, at least to shake someone's hand.
Amy - Jan 10, 2011 5:14:00 am PST #16945 of 30002
Because books.
That's excellent.