Two countries separated by a common language...

[graculus]

One of my favourite pastimes is mocking books written by American writers ostensibly set in England, in particular crime and mystery series - you can discover all sorts of things about what people outside England think goes on over here, usually wrongly.

For example, I just picked up the first book of a series (published in 2005) with the following obvious errors:

Given that this is supposed to be England, what exactly are you doing talking about 'murder one'?

We don't have 'prosecuting attorneys', we have the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

What is this obsession with 'popovers' at meals? What the hell are they anyway and why are you serving them with steak & kidney pie? And just what is a 'stuffed potato'?

Food is always a good place for all sorts of issues to creep in, as the obsession of the HP fandom with 'bangers' can testify. ;)

Comments

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's some kind of mutant Yorkshire pudding that this particular author seems to have an obsession with as they appear at three meals during the course of the book...

[space00.livejournal.com]

Oh I see! So it's like the morrisons or iceland's version of a yorkshire (uneven)? Or aunty bessies non ready made ones that defrost when you get them home and the batter goes everywhere..
Or.. even better!! - Toad in the hole!! *snicker*

;)