This is so sad...

   I am so psyched for the 2010 BigBang posts next week, and I have no one in RL to squee to about it!  No one I know would have the slightest idea what I was talking about and they would just give me that slightly confused, slightly amused look that people give you when you wax ecstatic about your certain little pet obsession and bounce in your chair and raise your voice and ... It's like I breed boll weevils or collect vanity license plates or something.  ficscape  is posting!  So are lazy_daze , _mournthewicked , and rhythmsextion , and jassy3399  and about a zillion others.  It's lurkers paradise people!   

Like a kind of public service

 

 So I'm thinking I should start a list of common american-to-british 'translation' problems for those from across the pond who like writing Supernatural or CW RPF fic - sort of a handy checklist for people trying to write in the american idiom.  Because as an inveterate and extremely invested lurker I see a lot of things in otherwise excellent SPN/RPF fic that road-bump me completely out of the story - grammar and spelling errors aside.  (speaking of, oh god, please never to read of anyone lost in the throws of passion again!)

 Thus,

• I'm from Texas, born and raised, and it's y'all, y'all ( not ya'll)
• Americans don't  'get on'  with each other - we 'get along'  with each other.
• We don't go 'round'  to see people, either - we go 'over'  to each others' places.
• We get grades in school, not marks.
• In the hospital, not in hospital. 
• It's in college, not at college. Ditto in school, not at school ( when talking about attending, not personal location)
• (I can't resist - it's too strong...) Realize is spelled with a z, as are criticize, socialize and paralyze. Etc. etc.
• Guys in Texas drink Shiner or Rolling Rock or Corona (or Bud Light or MGD, etc.) - I've never heard of LoneStar beer (?)

I'm sure I'll think of lots more to add soon.  This is really just to get my frustrations out of my head and vent a little.  I can't say this stuff in comments, it's just comes off too petty and makes people feel nit-picked or something.  Just, if anyone reads this (hah!) and needs help americanizing ( or Texas-izing) something you're writing, just let me know 'cause I'd love to help.