Irony Burns

[akirlu]

Okay, I have to confess, I find the spectacle of Charlie bloody Stross complaining about someone else getting their Transatlantic details wrong a bit giddy-making. It's a wonder he has the face to do it, in light of the patent hash he makes of his own American characters and dialog. He's rather deeply into pots and kettles territory, there.

(You'll have to scroll down in comments to find it.)

I presume the excuse will be that Willis is writing about WW II and this period is IMPORTANT, but I don't know that the alleged importance of the period makes the sin any greater. (I'm also a bit dubious that WW II is really that much more important a period for England than WW I, espeically given the ways in which the latter set up the former.)

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[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Look, these are just examples that I still remember after having done my best to forget. The books were absolutely full of this stuff. I can't even remember what he used the word "junket" to mean, but it definitely wasn't a subsidized trip in aid of public relations or marketing. Yes, you may well be able to make individual cases for one or two things, but when you sum it all up together, page after page, it just screams Britishness.