Maybe the "mum" issue is just spelling. They never read, so they assume it's spelled the same?

[cimorene]

As 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.

Comments

[krait]

A good point! And it raises the question of what to call the reverse, too; Aussie-picking?

[hebethen]

Hmmm... what about "Statea" for the US (off of "beta") and "Ausdit" for Australia?

[cimorene]

I love the way you're thinking here! I was trying to think of terms that would be puns in their own right and failing. Ausdit is great! But I think "Statea" is hard to grasp from reading. I had to stare at it for a minute. Maybe spelling it with a hyphen in the middle?

[hebethen]

Yes, it's a bit of a puzzle, isn't it. State-a might work!