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redfiona99I would have blogged a bit about a book I've recently read bit it suffered from a disasterous printer's error and I've not been able to get hold of the publisher.
Instead, I bring a linguistic conundrum.
I've been reading a book, from an allegedly British author (wiki assures me he's British). And he's used "boot" for "trunk" alright, but then he uses "janitor" where a Brit would use "caretaker" and then breaks the one unbendable shibboleth and uses "soccer" for "football". Admittedly, it's an odd book, all variable realities and not quite our universe, but it's a very odd word usage combination for anyone.
Utterly unrelated to any of the above, please tell me an English Lit type somewhere has done the obvious comparison of "Rebecca" to "Jane Eyre".
Instead, I bring a linguistic conundrum.
I've been reading a book, from an allegedly British author (wiki assures me he's British). And he's used "boot" for "trunk" alright, but then he uses "janitor" where a Brit would use "caretaker" and then breaks the one unbendable shibboleth and uses "soccer" for "football". Admittedly, it's an odd book, all variable realities and not quite our universe, but it's a very odd word usage combination for anyone.
Utterly unrelated to any of the above, please tell me an English Lit type somewhere has done the obvious comparison of "Rebecca" to "Jane Eyre".
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