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Maybe the "mum" issue is just spelling. They never read, so they assume it's spelled the same?
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ealgylden noted on my last post on the subj., the combination of young British newbies (which seem to make up the majority of the fandom for some reason) and young new-to-fandom Don't Bother With Betas Culture has resulted in the larger body of work in Stranger Things fandom - the unfiltered pool, if you will - being thoroughly permeated with blithe, unaware Britishisms. It's incomprehensible to me how someone can get old enough to write fanfiction without consuming enough international media to notice that Americans don't have "mums" or go "to hospital", but it's far beyond that. Sweatshirts are sweaters. Sneakers are trainers. Friends are mates. People are drinking the wrong kinds of beer. At this point I'd rather read an unexplained British AU than another one of these regionalization tragedies.
ealgylden noted on my last post on the subj., the combination of young British newbies (which seem to make up the majority of the fandom for some reason) and young new-to-fandom Don't Bother With Betas Culture has resulted in the larger body of work in Stranger Things fandom - the unfiltered pool, if you will - being thoroughly permeated with blithe, unaware Britishisms. It's incomprehensible to me how someone can get old enough to write fanfiction without consuming enough international media to notice that Americans don't have "mums" or go "to hospital", but it's far beyond that. Sweatshirts are sweaters. Sneakers are trainers. Friends are mates. People are drinking the wrong kinds of beer. At this point I'd rather read an unexplained British AU than another one of these regionalization tragedies.
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On the other hand, every instance is still just as painful on either side...