[ SECRET POST #3354 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3354 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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09. [ warning for homophobia / transphobia / misogyny take your pick, people seem to be divided on this one ]













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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Could you list some of the basic differences fan authors should get right?

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP but here are a few that really throw me off:

Language: A 20 year old wouldn't use the same slang as their Great-Granny.

Etiquette and morals: Queen Victoria really shook up how things were done and how life was looked at during the Victorian age. She still influences us today like white wedding dresses.

Clothing: You don't dress the same way your Great-Granny did so why would a Victorian woman dress the same way a Regency woman?

Military and world view: During The Regency England and France were at war but French things were still valued in England but it was a fine line. Most men were in or retired military if they were upper middle or upper class. Victorian age brought on a huge revival of the ancients like Roman, Greek, Egyptian influences.

Those are just a few.

[(Anonymous)]

Not the OP either, but a few things...

* People didn't casually use paper money in the Regency era for everyday stuff. You wouldn't, for example, have a roll of bank notes in your pocket. You'd use coins for most small transactions and credit for the rest.

* Very tight corsets weren't worn in the Regency era like they were in the Victorian era. They were fitting, but didn't include heavy whalebone and were meant to be supportive, not constrictive in the sense of those "wasp waist" gowns.

* As a general rule, "high tea" doesn't mean tea, finger sandwiches and cakes. That's a modern term, and it's often used improperly because the meal described is simply "afternoon tea". People in the Regency era certainly drank tea, but there wasn't the same sense of ceremony, nor was it generally a light meal the way it was in the later 1800s.

* No underwear in the Regency era. Women's clothing in general was not as layered or burdensome as it gets later on.

[ginainthekingsroad]

No underwear in the Regency era.

This is true to a degree, but not entirely. Many women would just wear a chemise and their stays (Directiore/Regency corset) and nothing on the lower body. It's the Regency period when we start to see womens' drawers called pantalettes (these were past knee-length), starting around 1810; and general drawers (typically knee-length) common by 1835. Here's a picture from The History of Underclothes. Imperialism and expanded sea shipping played a role in the adoption of drawers, because cotton fabric from India (and to a lesser extent the US) became a lot more affordable, quickly!

[tree_and_leaf]

The Edwardians had big cities, a comprehensive train network,* steam power, a fully fledged industrial economy, fast communications via the post office. Photographs. Motor cars were appearing. Electricity was beginning to be a thing. There were football and cricket leagues and championships which people followed as they do today. None of that was true of the Regency.

In many ways, the Edwardian world is a lot closer to ours than it was to the Regency.

* Admittedly the railways were getting going during the Regency, but they didn't take off until George IV was actually on the throne, and certainly didn't start achieving their potential until into Victoria's reign.