Just so you know, Americans do not as a rule use the expression, "What are you on about?" To my knowledge, this is not a commonly used expression anywhere in North America
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(More) seriously, though, it really, really, really (no, really, it does) annoys me when Sheppard is written in British English, mostly because he's such a stereotypically American* guy in the middle of an international expedition that his speech patterns are discernably different from everyone he works with, even the ones he shares a country of origin with.
* From the western part of the country, not the Deep South--for crying out loud, HE DOES NOT HAVE A SOUTHERN ACCENT! (Er, yet another hot button. *vbg*)
Yes, exactly. And given that Joe Flanigan is almost alone in the cast in being an American, you'd think that people would hear the very discernible difference in both his pronunciation and speech patterns... because we all know that actors often "rewrite" their dialogue as they recite it, due to lack of time to memorize, exhaustion, comfort level, etc.
And I don't dispute that many of us Yanks sometimes use expressions more common across the Atlantic; I myself like to say "spot on." However, I would never write Sheppard or Lorney saying that. They would say something was "right on the money" rather than "spot on."
And when writers have the characters using perfect English, it's also sigh-making. Listen to the dialogue, my friends. You may be surprised at what you actually hear them saying.
Ok, I'll stop before I get all worked up. *g* (Wait, too late.)
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Um... that was merely an enthusiastic affirmative, not an orgasm.
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(More) seriously, though, it really, really, really (no, really, it does) annoys me when Sheppard is written in British English, mostly because he's such a stereotypically American* guy in the middle of an international expedition that his speech patterns are discernably different from everyone he works with, even the ones he shares a country of origin with.
* From the western part of the country, not the Deep South--for crying out loud, HE DOES NOT HAVE A SOUTHERN ACCENT! (Er, yet another hot button. *vbg*)
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And I don't dispute that many of us Yanks sometimes use expressions more common across the Atlantic; I myself like to say "spot on." However, I would never write Sheppard or Lorney saying that. They would say something was "right on the money" rather than "spot on."
And when writers have the characters using perfect English, it's also sigh-making. Listen to the dialogue, my friends. You may be surprised at what you actually hear them saying.
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Listen to the dialogue, my friends. You may be surprised at what you actually hear them saying.
Snicker. We're so demanding, expecting fanfic writers to actually *gasp* pay attention to the show they're supposedly expanding upon. *g*
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