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Is Britpicking in HP fics still a thing?
Jun. 8th, 2025 08:47 amI’ve been away from the HP fandom for a long time, but back in the day Britpicking was a quite emotive subject, and I was wondering, Is anyone bothered anymore?
I’ll be honest, I prefer the HP characters to use English idiom (or Scottish or Welsh or Irish as appropriate), just as when I used to read figure skating RPF I expected the Americans not to talk about pavements etc. I learned over the years not to be an arsehole about it and just appreciate an author’s work (or not) on its other merits, but I still find it slightly jarring. Of course English young people ( my son included) use lots of Americanisms nowadays (movie, mail, etc) so maybe it’s just me being an old fart. Ho hum.
I’ll be honest, I prefer the HP characters to use English idiom (or Scottish or Welsh or Irish as appropriate), just as when I used to read figure skating RPF I expected the Americans not to talk about pavements etc. I learned over the years not to be an arsehole about it and just appreciate an author’s work (or not) on its other merits, but I still find it slightly jarring. Of course English young people ( my son included) use lots of Americanisms nowadays (movie, mail, etc) so maybe it’s just me being an old fart. Ho hum.
