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Nov. 27th, 2006 03:01 pmkniteracyI give you Zed's Dead: A Transatlantic Writing Essay.
It's a gentle nudge in the other direction from the complaints English writers make about Americans not getting it right when they write about English people or set things in England:
Every now and then a British writer attempts to write in an American voice, and, well, ow. Dearies, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some of you need a little teensy bit of help.
Trust me: From my comfortable-in-both-worlds point of view, it's extremely funny
Edit: Alas, the author of this post has friendslocked it. The public entry in her journal reads that she has been advised to edit it for publication and so has taken it off public status.
It's a gentle nudge in the other direction from the complaints English writers make about Americans not getting it right when they write about English people or set things in England:
Every now and then a British writer attempts to write in an American voice, and, well, ow. Dearies, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some of you need a little teensy bit of help.
Trust me: From my comfortable-in-both-worlds point of view, it's extremely funny
Edit: Alas, the author of this post has friendslocked it. The public entry in her journal reads that she has been advised to edit it for publication and so has taken it off public status.
