British person -- word choice help, please?

[chicken]

I'm writing my ats_endofdays story at the last second, and need a beta. Anyone? Pretty please? I'll beta anything back for you if that helps.

Also, I need a British person to give me advice on word choice (this is for something Wesley would say). Americans would say something like, "Of course there will be a pay RAISE," but I thought I heard a British person say in some movie a phrase more like, "Of course there will be a pay RISE."

Is this right? Or is there some third option?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I almost forgot. I don't beta, but I do offer a Britishing service, for writers who have a British character and want to be sure the dialogue is accurate.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Go to http://carole.fates.org/harmony.html.

It's mostly all Harmony's internal thoughts, almost no dialogue at all, but Wesley does have a few lines here and there. I'd be grateful if you were to correct his speech.

[maryavatar.livejournal.com]

Yup, it all looks good. You've even managed to get that slightly stilted speech pattern that the upper classes have. Well done.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, although the slightly stilted is probably an accident, a result of the fact that I myself speak in a sadly stilted manner. !