A quick checklist against recurring errors.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

As Fest Season seems to be so busy no one stops to Britpick.

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[kubrick-potter.livejournal.com]

^^YES! Just... yes.

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

Interesting facts and I'm sure very useful for those of us who are writing Harry Potter fics in the UK set outside the wizarding world. Of course these hints will only apply to people living in or referencing the Muggle world, as things in the wizarding world have their own set of rules and come from a culture influenced by but not identical to real world Britain.

{Yank Brains Explode...}

[sgt-majorette.livejournal.com]

Britpicking raises more questions than it answers, for a thinking American. As opposed to a teenager, I mean: I guess (reckon, suppose) I've figured out (worked out) the difference between "arse" and "ass", but then, I read.

Y'all need more parties and dances, though. If we accept that there will be no graduation ball at Hogwarts (no graduation -- students just sort of slink off into the World) could you throw us a bone? A monthly tea-dance? Something?

[cassie-black12.livejournal.com]

I'm a great fan of Brit picking in HP fandom, but I do sometimes cringe when I read posts about it by other Brits who seem intent in perpetuating the stereotypes other nations have of us Brits! There's a far greater crossover of popular culture with young people nowadays that I think us older fandomers tend to forget.

That said, there are some useful points in this!!