Two unrelated things

[james_davis_nicoll]

For some reason when I read the Temeraire books, I hear the human protagonist with a Newfoundland accent. I think he must have used the phrase "my dear" in a non-romantic context at some point.

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I want to write a gritty alternate history in which when Europeans reach the New World, they find one exactly like the one they actually found, except the locals have 100 meter tall mecha. Also, I can't be arsed to check when certain cultures first appeared so my mecha-wielding natives will be Comanche.

Comments

[le-trombone.livejournal.com]

I've only read the first Temeraire book, but yes the protagonist uses "my dear" more than once. This is an idiom you associate with Newfoundland?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

It is but I don't know if that's based in anything like reality.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't surprise me, as it's very much a West Countryism, and as Newfoundland was mainly colonised from the West Country and Ireland the dialect could well have remained...