npub16e…64ds5 on Nostr: >But now it's my own writing, and I am British, but my book is set in America. What ...

>But now it's my own writing, and I am British, but my book is set in America. What do?

Obviously, all dialogue should use the words a character would use. An American calling you an 'ass' means an arse, and will call you an 'asshole', and not an 'arsehole'. But what about in the description. I've been inclined to follow what feels like a rational approach: I am writing the wider story in British English, and when a character speaks I am quoting them, so they use American words. And where>