>I just was completely flabbergasted by someone getting so mad about it. Because, to me, having been brought up and educated in British English, reading Americ

>I just was completely flabbergasted by someone getting so mad about it. Because, to me, having been brought up and educated in British English, reading American English is like reading text which is full of typos and illogical grammar. I can tolerate it when I'm reading American writing, but it irritates the hell out of me when it's put out by British, Irish, European, Australian, Indian, etc. English speakers.