It seems quite possible it might end up offending, if people just start blithely adopting its suggestions in situations that aren't right to do so. A variation

It seems quite possible it might end up offending, if people just start blithely adopting its suggestions in situations that aren't right to do so. A variation on the Scunthorpe problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem And while Microsoft did consult for regional variations here, as someone who speaks and writes non-American English, I am also reminded of all the red squiggles under words like "colour" when I use American software. Microsoft's definitions or ideas of what is offensive are not necessarily my culture's definitions or ideas of what is offensive. There's a certain amount of prescriptive dictation there (uncharitably, one might call it cultural imperialism).