A "Duster" too far

[caz963]

If you read fic of any kind... you know how sometimes, you read something and think, "Oops. We/They would never say that"?

And how, sometimes, you think, "oh well, it's just a simple mistake." and don't let it spoil your enjoyment of the story?

But then you see the same mistake made by someone else. And this time, it jars a bit. But you again think "oh, well," and keep reading.

Then you see it in another fic.

And it jars even more.

And another.

And another... and another... and another... and...



http://community.livejournal.com/doctor_donna/1180746.html

ETA - one of the mods asked me to f-lock the post for some reason, so here's the gist.

I am fed up with seeing Ten's coat referred to (in the small amount of fic I DO read) as "a duster".

Because THIS -



is a DUSTER. A little yellow cloth that we use to polish stuff.

What Ten is wearing in this picture -



- is an overcoat or just a "coat".

(I know it's tough - but try to look at the coat in that picture, okay? Just for a second before your attention wanders elsewhere...)

A fairly long discussion has ensued with the majority of commenters agreeing with me :-)

I have never made any secret of the fact that I am a fic snob. ^{TM zinke}.

BUT I WOULD NEVER SPRAY MR. SHEEN ON THAT COAT AND ATTACK MY MANTLEPIECE WITH IT!!

*ahem*

And yes. I do have work to do. Why do you ask?!

Comments

[caz963.livejournal.com]

So, unless the Tardis has set down somewhere in Wyoming....


Oh, I'm sure it must've happened somewhere, somewhen! But even then, it's a British show and that's just not a word we use over here to describe an item of clothing.

What- you mean that Josh and Donna didn't have a rip-roaring, spiffing time of it working at that old White House? *g*