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Got a moment? Seize the day. But watch your language!

Historic fiction's having a moment, but I'm jerked out of the moment if a character uses a modern idiomatic expression.

Just now, a character set in 1890s said, "Mauve is having a moment;" a phrase so anachronistic the narrative immediately lost my attention.

"Having a moment," to mean in style, currently fashionable, dates only to the 1990s. 100 years off.
Mar 12, 2026 10:37AM Add a comment

Kathleen
Kathleen is 43% done with Systrarna
Less than half way through I feel very much at home here, as if I've been here forever, or at least for over eight hours, and I feel too as if can stay here and stay here forever more, or at least for nearly another 11 hours, as the story flows on and the characters shift and blur and resolve again, and yet, I can't help but wonder, would it be worth living the unexamined life?
Oct 13, 2025 12:33PM Add a comment
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