One man’s progress is another’s literary imperialism. As a British-English speaker, I refuse to call my quaint pathway ‘a sidewalk’. I won’t ever refer to ‘st

One man’s progress is another’s literary imperialism. As a British-English speaker, I refuse to call my quaint pathway ‘a sidewalk’. I won’t ever refer to ‘sticky tape’ as ‘adhesive tape’ - or ‘scotch tape’ for that matter.