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JSWolf · 01-14-2022, 07:06 PM

I like the imagery you can get when UK readers read US English.

When a character put on pants and that's it, in the UK, that would be putting on your underwear. You would have to put on trousers to cover the pants.

In the UK, going outside to have a fag is smoking a cigarette. In the US that's something completely different.

01-14-2022, 07:06 PM	#97
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,931 Karma: 146918083 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I like the imagery you can get when UK readers read US English. When a character put on pants and that's it, in the UK, that would be putting on your underwear. You would have to put on trousers to cover the pants. In the UK, going outside to have a fag is smoking a cigarette. In the US that's something completely different. Last edited by JSWolf; 01-14-2022 at 07:20 PM.