Postman’s knock, Brit speak and new reviews
June 9, 2011
The postman just caught me in my pyjamas again – he knocked to deliver my real life copies of Wish You Were Here. Squee!
Overnight, I’ve also had a couple of lovely reviews for Wish You Were Here and news of a free giveaway of the print copy which I’ll share in a minute. But for those of you having a few problems with the British slang in Dating Mr December, here’s a handy guide:
To get one’s kit off: to get n*ked
Starkers: n*ked
In the buff: in the n*de
In the altogether: in the n*de
In one’s birthday suit: n*de
That’s about all you need to know at this point, really. 🙂 And seriously, I’ve been asked
to blog at a review site soon about the subject of US vs UK editing. But as a picture paints a thousand words, here’s a scene from 12 Men of Christmas, the US Lifetime movie adaptation of the book.
Thank you to the reviewers from BookHounds and One Literature Nut for these lovely reviews. There is also a US giveway at Bookhounds – all details on the site.
PS to anyone waiting for a new book from me outside the USA, there’s only a few weeks now Until Fever Cure. I mean, not like you’re desperate or anything but I have been trying very hard to bring you one. I love writing and have finally found two fantastic publishers to get my new books out there. Thanks for supporting me over the years with your emails and messages and forgive me for the over excitement.
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Amanda Ashby Says:
Hahaha – gotta love British slang!
UK vs US editing is always interesting. It took me three books to remember not to put the ‘s’ at the end of forward and toward and then there are all the ‘z’ things. But since I write YA and have to use the word mum a lot, the worst one for me is writing mom. I die a little every time because it just sounds so wrong!
And yay about author copies arriving!
Phillipa Says:
Amanda, as my first 4 books were sold to Sourcebooks, they changed the spelling for but they always ask about changes from UK to US. They’re keen to keep the British flavo(ur). Samhain even keep the Brit spellings. My books are particularly ‘English’ – the quirks are part of the fun, I hope. 🙂
I love reading Aussie books – words like Ute so add to the atmosphere.
Phillipa Says:
NOt the you’re Australian…
Sally Clements Says:
Ha! love the fact that all those examples involve being in the buff (n*ked) – what a fun book!
Diane McIlmoyle Says:
Dare I venture: I did something of a mental-double take when a friend from across the pond asked my about my ‘fanny pack’…
I keep money in it, I said.
And I’m sure postmen get to see a lot of pyjamas!
Phillipa Says:
Ah the old fanny pack (horrible thought..)