Originally Posted by QM
I just assume they all are idiots. WAYYYYY back when there was a show called the Rifleman. It drove my cousin, who was staying with us, crazy. "That's not a rifle, that's a carbine. It's out of period for the show." In fact, he always commented on the guns in any Western show. Having been raised by a US Army guns expert, the inconsistancies drove him nuts.
OOOH My DH does the SAME thing!! Drives me nuts!
As for books -- I find type-o's all the time.. (I think type-o's is incorrect though!!). The one that I still remember was reading a Harlequin over 30 years ago. The story was set on the coast of Oregon.... The author had the character going to Newport, then south to Lincoln City and then even further south to Depot Bay. Welll --- you have to go NORTH from Newport to Depot Bay and then further north to Lincoln City!!!! That wasn't just a north/south mix-up. I always felt that for the money the author got, she could have looked at a map!!!!!!