We recently reviewed The Goldfinch for our monthly suggested book club and I was unhappy with Donna Tartt for choosing English colloquial terms and idioms in her book when it was obvious it should not be there. Not to nit- pick, I loved The Goldfinch except where she put the idioms in.
It got me thinking about the impact of slang, idioms and colloquialisms in books and how important it is to use it properly.
Using the correct usage of an expression, language, dialect or a particular way of speaking for people can make the book and its characters realistic and believable. Continue reading “Slang, Idioms and Colloquialisms – What’s the Dealio?”
