Whistling for the Elephants: 05/29/05
I'm currently reading Whistling
for the Elephants by Sandi Toksvic and while I am enjoying it, there are a few glaring
errors that have twice stopped me reading in mid sentence. First is the Pledge of Allegiance
which is misquoted. The second is the mentioning of the Brady
Bunch being on in early summer of 1968. It didn't start airing until September of
the next year. There are also some instances of Britishisms being spoken by American characters.
None of these things would bother me if the story wasn't priding itself on getting the details
right.
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