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I don't know why I never did the simple conceptual reversal needed to think of this before, but Google confirms it's just as necessary a service: yes, Virginia, there is Ameripicking. It's somehow heartwarming to know that there's a place in the fandom ecology for such a thing.

I guess I just have this image in my head that we Americans are the ones who always get things wrong through ignorance, and more, that American culture is not only pervasive (nay, invasive; a noxious weed, a cuckoo culture that ousts other eggs if it can but get in the nest), but also somehow sloppy and worthless, not a crafted thing that needs care to correctly imitate. But I suppose it's just as difficult for an amateur British writer to sound authentic in an American-based fandom as it is the reverse.

As far as I know there is not a corresponding word for Canadian settings; I still like the word "Canuckpick". It has a kind of onomatopoetic quality to it, especially if one were talking about a story set in Nunavut or something.
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