What Not to Do With your Stories + Other Randomness

Half Muslim/Half British?

I was happily reading through an amazing book when the whole world stopped.

A character introduced her best friend as 'half Muslim' and 'half British'.

Let me get this straight, people.

Islam is a RELIGION.

British is a NATIONALITY.

They are not the SAME. Which means that you, yes you, random author, are not liable to call this person 'half Muslim' and 'half British'. *facepalm*x1000- in fact- I'm still face-palming right now.

Then I went on another page, and let's just say this was the worst mistake (after the whole rejection fiasco) I have ever made.

This author goes on to describe someone as 'half Catholic' and 'half Mexican'.

*whispers to self: keep calm, granny. Whatever you do, do not explode.*

*explodes*

 (－‸ლ)(－‸ლ)(－‸ლ)(－‸ლ) Yes, that's me facepalming.

Then there's the whole 'Chai tea' thing. It's redundant and drives me nuts when someone in real life or Wattpad is like "may I have a chai tea, please?"

There I go again, face-palming.

Let me get this straight: I don't care if you think Chai and chai tea taste different (because they do but that is not the point). However, saying chai tea is basically like saying 'tea tea' because chain means tea in Hindi... and Russian... and Turkish (çay)... and probably in a couple of other languages as well.

Same with 'naan bread'.