Citations:Britpick

English citations of Britpick, Brit-pick, britpick, and brit pick

Verb: "(fandom slang) to review a work of fiction (generally produced by a non-Briton) to ensure conformity to British English and accurate portrayal of British characters, settings, and culture"

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• 2003 April 29, Tennant Stuart, “Re: A question for the Britons in the group”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[1] (Usenet):

  If Catherine likes, I'd be happy to Britpick her betaed fiction for her, as long as it's not <ick> R/Hr </ick>...

• 2011, Molly Ringle, Relatively Honest, ireadiwrite Publishing (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):

  Special thanks to the many people who helped this story along over the years. In particular: Matilda Filch and Ali Masterson for the Britpicking; […]

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• 2013, Juli Page Morgan, Crimson and Clover, Crimson Romance (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):

  To Anne Marsden who sent me my first critique which turned this story into a real book, and also for Brit-picking those first few chapters to give me a feel for how my British characters should speak.

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• 2009 March 13, Stephen Tempest, “Review of BtVS 8.23 'Predators and Prey”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[2] (Usenet):

  The bag on the worktop appears to say "DONTS'... which is either the name of a shop, an abbreviation of 'doughnuts', or proof that they're so wealthy from plundering banks that they fly in their doughnuts from the US instead of buying them in Scotland. Or a lack of britpicking by the artist.

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• 2004 June 11, txt_eva [username], “Re: If a fic gets no feedback...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative‎^[3] (Usenet):

  My feedback tends to be: "I LOVE THIS!" or "Great plot, great fic, great writer" Not really constructive. Sometimes i'll brit pick if its^[sic] something really "bad" (ie a whole fic about Harry talkign^[sic] about Soccer) and constant.