Yeah, I did delete the original because too many people seemed to be taking it the wrong way. Yes, it's something that pisses me off, and yes, in the grand scheme of fic "wrongness" it's a minor thing - but that was sort of the point. I wasn't going to go off the deep end about the crappy spelling, grammar and characterisation that exists in fic in general and in some D/D fics in particular, it was a personal bugbear that is nonetheless important when you consider that the coat - and Ten's outfit in general - is pretty iconic. But I got fed up with the "oh well, fic's just a bit of fun", and "I'd hate to intimidate new authors like this" - because a) it's a bit of fun, yes, but part of that fun (to me, anyway) is getting it RIGHT and b) if a "new author" is going to get upset and put off by someone pointing out the difference between a cleaning cloth and an item of clothing, they need to grow a pair. My original point was - yes, that coat might well be able to be called a "duster", we don't use that term in the UK. Like we don't use "sidewalk" or "elevator" or many other things. I could have gone on about the frequency with which both Donna and the Doctor seem to bake "muffins" in fic - because we don't bake them with such regularity over here! Seriously, don't get me started on the muffins!!
*ahem*
Yes, I did friend you here - I have your fic journal friended at LJ anyway, and tbh, I'm not over here all that much. It's just that with the LJ wankery over the cross-posting I popped over here to tidy-up and re-import my LJ and remembered to add a few people. Besides, you seem like the sort of person who will take my rants in the right spirt :-)
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Yeah, I did delete the original because too many people seemed to be taking it the wrong way. Yes, it's something that pisses me off, and yes, in the grand scheme of fic "wrongness" it's a minor thing - but that was sort of the point. I wasn't going to go off the deep end about the crappy spelling, grammar and characterisation that exists in fic in general and in some D/D fics in particular, it was a personal bugbear that is nonetheless important when you consider that the coat - and Ten's outfit in general - is pretty iconic.
But I got fed up with the "oh well, fic's just a bit of fun", and "I'd hate to intimidate new authors like this" - because a) it's a bit of fun, yes, but part of that fun (to me, anyway) is getting it RIGHT and b) if a "new author" is going to get upset and put off by someone pointing out the difference between a cleaning cloth and an item of clothing, they need to grow a pair.
My original point was - yes, that coat might well be able to be called a "duster", we don't use that term in the UK. Like we don't use "sidewalk" or "elevator" or many other things.
I could have gone on about the frequency with which both Donna and the Doctor seem to bake "muffins" in fic - because we don't bake them with such regularity over here! Seriously, don't get me started on the muffins!!
*ahem*
Yes, I did friend you here - I have your fic journal friended at LJ anyway, and tbh, I'm not over here all that much. It's just that with the LJ wankery over the cross-posting I popped over here to tidy-up and re-import my LJ and remembered to add a few people. Besides, you seem like the sort of person who will take my rants in the right spirt :-)