Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Why, why, why do some johnny-come-lately authors call their books Regencies and then botch the period details? Here are a few of the fails that drove me nuts before I gave up half way through: - Diddly squat (late 20th century) - "Don't get your wings in a twist" (said by the main character to her dead mother; so-clever twist on knickers-in-a-twist, knickers early 20th century, phrase used US 1964, UK 1970s) - Barking iron, (inappropriately available in parlor) hunting rifle (barking iron was slang for pistol, not rifle) - Dressmaker, dressed as female, actually a male lord whose "bonnet jiggles for a man" (hanging offense!, but I didn't stick with it long enough to see how that plays out) - Colorful dresses, e.g., emerald green, coquelicot, for main character (debs were limited to white and light pastels) - Mutton, referencing goat (only in Asia and the Caribbean, not UK; and bringing a pet goat to a duke's residence is so far over the top I just cringed) - Bloomers (frequently repeated; bloomers were invented in 1849, did author miscall "drawers"?) - Canoodling (mid 19th century term) - Cute button nose (cute in Regency was short for acute, meaning shrewd; first literary reference to button nose appears to be Tono Bungay, 1909) - Pantheon, a carriage (phaeton, surely; doesn't seem suitable anyway for the proposed shopping trip by three people plus packages and probably a maid or footman) If I could pick up all these misnomers while reading, why couldn't the author find them while writing? Not to mention the overly cutesy story—mutton dressed as lamb, you might say (1811 or earlier, definitely Regency).