anachronism watch

[Amy West]

On 5/5/12 9:51 AM, Amy West wrote:
> On 5/5/12 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>> Date:    Fri, 4 May 2012 20:39:40 -0400
>> From:    Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>> Subject: anachronism watch
>>
>> I am trying out an audiobook of_A Death at Pemberley_, a recent
>> sequel to_Pride and Prejudice_  by that redoubtable dean of English
>> mystery writers P. D. James.  The book is set in 1803, five years
>> after Darcy has wed Elizabeth Bennet, and the narrative is clearly
>> intended to be very much in the style of Austen. It succeeds to some
>> extent, but it's always interesting to pick up on and then confirm
>> apparent anachronisms of usage or style.
> Ben Zimmer beat you to it: Boston Globe column and Visual Thesaurus
> columns on it.
I'm an idiot. I really should have Thunderbird delay my replies for an
hour or so. I was thinking of his stuff on Downton Abbey. I *have* heard
friends complain about A Death at Pemberley, but those complaints
weren't published ('cept on FB).

---Amy West

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