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== Literature ==

* [[Timeline-191|In one series]] of [[Harry Turtledove]] books [[Timeline-191|(known, alternatively, as TL-191 or the Southern Victory series)]], a Confederacy that survives into the 20th century is taken over by the dictator Jake Featherston, who is basically a Hitler analog. For some reason, people insist on misspelling it as "Featherstone". This really pisses off fans, but what took it beyond the pale was when the misspelling appeared on the freakin' dustjacket of one of the books.

* Referring to any of the books of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' as a "[[~~Door Stopper~~|brick]]" can ''actually get you in trouble with the staff'' in some quarters. But in other places, even on fansites, the staff call them "bricks" too, but used as a term of affection rather than, well, ridicule and scorn.

* Referring to any of the books of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' as a "[[Doorstopper|brick]]" can ''actually get you in trouble with the staff'' in some quarters. But in other places, even on fansites, the staff call them "bricks" too, but used as a term of affection rather than, well, ridicule and scorn.

* In Mary Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein (Literature)|Frankenstein]]; or, The Modern Prometheus'', Victor Frankenstein constructs and brings to life [[Frankensteins Monster|his Creature]] or, if you prefer, Monster. The Creature itself is never named. Thanks to scads of largely terrible films, comics and stage plays, people have been using the term "Frankenstein" to refer to his Creature (and being criticized for it) since the 19th century. Yup, [[Older Than Radio]].

* Some fans of that lady who wrote the ''[[Dragonriders of Pern|Pern]]'' books are rather grumpy about "McCaffery", probably because her last name is "[[Anne McCaffrey|McCaffrey]]".