tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519413860885906550.post809433839211563467..comments2024-03-15T00:19:45.043-07:00Comments on JDP News: Tuesday TeaserJoyce DiPastenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519413860885906550.post-85449802297218682342010-09-30T12:47:02.309-07:002010-09-30T12:47:02.309-07:00Georgette Heyer is English. She doesn't use &q...Georgette Heyer is English. She doesn't use "an" in all her books, but she sprinkled them liberally through The Black Moth, and to some extent, in These Old Shades. I guess teenage brains are more nimble, because it didn't bother me at all when I read them in high school. In fact, I apparently soaked them up like a sponge, because when looking back recently at the first (unpublished) novel I ever wrote, it was filled with "an's" instead of "if's"!Joyce DiPastenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519413860885906550.post-31406386925491808932010-09-30T07:04:42.864-07:002010-09-30T07:04:42.864-07:00I'm currently reading The Black Moth, and I mu...I'm currently reading The Black Moth, and I must say that at times it's a bit difficult to decipher what's going on. Georgette, no doubt is English (or French). It took a moment to realize that they say "an" instead of "if" and other such oddities.Tina Scott, author, artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790034052256681469noreply@blogger.com