I am going to be reviewing The Cellist, soon, and I must admit to being confused about something.
Marissa, do you have a British background? I know you were raised primarily in Richmond, Indiana, but there are so many "Britishisms" in this book that I'm wondering what your intent was. Cleaners come to "remove dust", not "dust". For recreation, Leo "Who"s - it took me a while to realize you meant binge-watching the British serial, Dr. Who. But, although I've watched a number of episodes, as have most of my friends, I've never heard of an American who sits down "to Who".
Also, I've noted that phrases that we generally contract are fully expanded, in a very British way, such as "I would have agreed to do so" as opposed to "I would have agreed to". Also, no one drinks coffee, and everyone seems to drink tea with meals.
Just curious as to what is intentional, what is not, and where all the formal "British-English" comes from in a book that takes place in New England?
Marissa, do you have a British background? I know you were raised primarily in Richmond, Indiana, but there are so many "Britishisms" in this book that I'm wondering what your intent was. Cleaners come to "remove dust", not "dust". For recreation, Leo "Who"s - it took me a while to realize you meant binge-watching the British serial, Dr. Who. But, although I've watched a number of episodes, as have most of my friends, I've never heard of an American who sits down "to Who".
Also, I've noted that phrases that we generally contract are fully expanded, in a very British way, such as "I would have agreed to do so" as opposed to "I would have agreed to". Also, no one drinks coffee, and everyone seems to drink tea with meals.
Just curious as to what is intentional, what is not, and where all the formal "British-English" comes from in a book that takes place in New England?
Thanks for any insight.
Alan Arthur Katz