groan...Authenticity &gt; political correctness.  Regardless of what the language cops around the world think.You&#039;ve obviously studied the words/phrases used by your characters and that&#039;s a big part of what makes a novel so authentic.  And in the same way some hypersensitive types get all up in arms over politically correct terms, I get even more wound up when I read things I know are false. Here in Greece you rarely even hear the term "United Kingdom".  It&#039;s always "England" or "Britain".  If I read a novel where a Greek cop said "United Kingdom passport", I&#039;d immediately feel cheated, because I would know the author didn&#039;t bother to research basic speech characteristics.Cheers,