Fanfic dialogue and the astonishingly widespread Completely Wrong Dialect Problem
Dear People Who Write Things,
When you're writing about people from a completely different country, please, for the love of fluffy little kittens, get a beta from the appropriate country. Don't just assume that you'll be fine because they speak English in Wales/New Jersey/New Zealand too. Don't be fooled by your extensive experience of watching television into thinking that you won't make a mistake, or by your experience of watching 300 episodes of anime that you know how to use Japanese words in an English sentence (hint: not at all). And please, please, please don't make the members of American bands say "whilst" and "amongst" anymore, or British people say "gotten".
Love,
Cim
When you're writing about people from a completely different country, please, for the love of fluffy little kittens, get a beta from the appropriate country. Don't just assume that you'll be fine because they speak English in Wales/New Jersey/New Zealand too. Don't be fooled by your extensive experience of watching television into thinking that you won't make a mistake, or by your experience of watching 300 episodes of anime that you know how to use Japanese words in an English sentence (hint: not at all). And please, please, please don't make the members of American bands say "whilst" and "amongst" anymore, or British people say "gotten".
Love,
Cim
