I don't think anyone here looks down at it. I certainly don't.Wow. No. My editors cared very much about everything. We worked together. Anything they didn't understand we spoke about.
Also, it's not just idiots who read it, or people who'll forgive any old thing. I've read lots of reviews where readers have picked up on bad use of language, or books that have been poorly edited. I know people look down on the stuff I write but I work damn hard, and so do my editors, publishers, proofreaders and betas.
With Inish I'd struggle to change a lot of the venacular - the book is supposed to sound like a book about Belfast. It ain't my fault the rest of you talk all wrong.
And - Irish...? I am as lost as the rest of you. I had to enlist help for Inish's title and it's 2 words, one of which is in the name of my town....