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Originally Posted by JeremyR
I'm not sure how you could even tell, really, unless you look them up.
Okay, here, that fact that she is named "Kylie" is pretty much a dead giveaway she's Australian. But unless their name is something like Lord Hugh Wilburforce Smythe , how can you tell an English name from a Canadian or American? And I'm not sure there are any other Australian only names other than Kylie.
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Well, there's usually some blurb about the author at the start of the book. Plus, I tend to know something about most authors I read.
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Originally Posted by JeremyR
That said, I do think that writers from a certain region probably have certain ideas that can seep through their writing. It's pretty teeth grinding reading a book by an English author set in the US, since they tend to be more than a little patronizing. (Like how many British actors try to replicate an American accent by talking very slowly and loud)
And I'm sure it's the same for American writers writing about some places. Or even within the US for that matter.
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You're spot on there. I have read some teeth-grinding scenes set in the UK by American authors (supposedly English people telling other people to "turn left after four blocks" etc - arrghhh!).
I guess we all just write better about what and where we know best (where ever that may be).