. . . to everyone who helped me out with London slang a little whlie ago. Copy-edits delayed my work on “The Last Wendy” for a bit, but I finally got that back to them, and it sounds at least a bit less American now.
(One last query, actually — does “chill out” sound too American? If so, what would be the alternative?)
“Chill out” is pretty common UK usage now, I would have said. “Cool it” might be an acceptable alternative.
Or, y’know, the kids might be saying things I totally wot not of…
Alas, we have American television shows. Kids copy those.
Just ‘chill’ on it’s own, or ‘calm down’, or ‘relax’
Merry
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I immediately thought of “Calm down, dear” due to the annoying Michael Winner adverts. 🙁 But I have heard teenagers say “Chill out” on the tube, so if it’s a modern story and your characters are about that age you should be fine.
