by xelliebabex
Nuevo riche? That's intentional, I hope, because it shows that Adam wants to impress by using foreign clichés but lacks the education to do it correctly. Hopefully, an accidental faux pas (not a "foh pah"). But there is no other evidence that it's to show a facet of his character.
Try either "nuevo rico" (Spanish) or, more likely, "Nouveau riche" (French).
A little research goes a long way for pedants like me, especially when the rest of the tale is so interestingly written.
Thanks for you helpful advice but I am afraid you will find i am right with a simple google search that I did before using the term to be sure of what I was adding to my story. I will be sure too look at all possibilities in the future but we can never please everyone.
~ellie
Anonymous is correct...just because you can google others using a term incorrectly doesn't mean it is good usage :-) In fact, I'll bet google will change the term for you to nouveau riche...
- Another pedant
Hi I really liked the story, are you going to continue as I would like to know more between grace and the mysterious Tristan
Multiple themes , quite a bit of intrigue. Keep going you are on to something good.
I stopped reading when the "angry" guy raped her in the alley.
I respect and love women too much to have men force themselves on a reluctant lady. That to me is as good as rape which is why I have never even opened the nonconsent/reluctance category where this should be.
Wrong category - desperately disappointing.
I've been reading your works over the last few days and given mainly 5s with the occasional 4