tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post1150661800607251398..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: UK/US editors Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-89653438778581304732014-09-07T11:15:34.715-04:002014-09-07T11:15:34.715-04:00I just knew I should've read Agatha Christie b...I just <i>knew</i> I should've read Agatha Christie before now...Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-14953140642058349952014-09-06T16:41:02.005-04:002014-09-06T16:41:02.005-04:00Jennifer, one of the many reasons I loved UK editi...Jennifer, one of the many reasons I loved UK editions of Agatha Christie novels was getting that sense of the daily language.<br />Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52933209298017991722014-09-05T23:05:29.423-04:002014-09-05T23:05:29.423-04:00Read all you can, books far and wide; you pick up....Read all you can, books far and wide; you pick up...regionalisms? Colloquial terms? <br /><br />It's one reason I like reading old books as well (not even "Dickens old", necessarily, but "Happy Hollisters old" does quite nicely), because you can get a sense of the old status quo, of where a genre has come from often as related to the culture in which the story is based. Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56323074116927377862014-09-05T18:16:33.246-04:002014-09-05T18:16:33.246-04:00As I live in Australia (meaning UK English) I had ...As I live in Australia (meaning UK English) I had a chuckle when I read this:<br /><br />"...garden means yard, bonnet means hood, lorry means truck, and do NOT ask what a fanny pack means in the UK..."<br /><br />Aside from Lorry (we mostly say truck but lorry is also used), same rules apply.<br /><br />And Anita sometimes our Aussie-usms are an issue. <br />For example we say Uni and it never occurred to me the in the US some people might not know what UNI means. I once wrote a war&peace epic of an email to a US friend (it was a super rant) on the education system blah, blah, but I used the word EDUCATION I think 1-2 times, only referring to Uni's.<br /><br />I got a reply back, this was the entire reply:<br />"Errh, sorry but I don't understand? What's a UNI?"<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614043791335176864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80085499578006554312014-09-05T15:29:40.059-04:002014-09-05T15:29:40.059-04:00I had to look that one up Lisa. Zounds!I had to look that one up Lisa. Zounds!Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-46845245383228440502014-09-05T14:18:13.899-04:002014-09-05T14:18:13.899-04:00And along those lines, not to mention my innocent ...And along those lines, not to mention my innocent use of the word "doorknob" in front of mixed gender flatmates! Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-28844537551473598972014-09-05T11:37:54.793-04:002014-09-05T11:37:54.793-04:00Another Americanism NOT to use in the UK: "sp...Another Americanism NOT to use in the UK: "spunky."<br /><br />Does NOT mean "feisty." At ALL.NotaWarriorPrincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754153935155853192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-74536211870506912742014-09-05T11:07:45.146-04:002014-09-05T11:07:45.146-04:00Yes indeed: Cats are kitties here in the States.
...Yes indeed: Cats are kitties here in the States.<br /><br />And all this rights mumbo-jumbo is why you make sure you find an agent you trust who will help you slog through all the confusion. Why worry about rights when you can worry about writing instead?<br /><br />I'm not sure that sentence actually made sense, but I'm afraid that if I go back and try to figure it out, I may start bleeding from my ears.Adib Khorramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836332867898941638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-55264589723890249382014-09-05T09:00:28.292-04:002014-09-05T09:00:28.292-04:00I thought rights were rights and the only real dec...I thought rights were rights and the only real decision was how long you have to give them up for. I will be reading up on this subject today. Again so very much to consider. <br />Someone just informed me how many editors your tome will encounter, i thought it would only be one, but nope...and then there's something called ' blue pages'? It's a lot to learn, this craft part of writing.MNyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406097805165082275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-71274815484871863462014-09-05T07:15:00.443-04:002014-09-05T07:15:00.443-04:00"We decided in this case to let most of the U..."We decided in this case to let most of the UKisms stand because crime readers are used to it."<br /><br />Interesting. I've wondered whether my Aussie-isms (many of which are British in origin) would be a problem, but maybe I can let some stay. Of course, there are probably many I don't even know I am using!<br /><br />And I have to second QOTKU and recommend you don't use fanny in Australia - for the same reason I believe I shouldn't use pussy (aka kitty) in America.AJ Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529233142099749005noreply@blogger.com