I think it’s valid to question US-centrism broadly in datasets like this, but presumably that choice was made in selecting the Reddit sample, which is dominated

I think it’s valid to question US-centrism broadly in datasets like this, but presumably that choice was made in selecting the Reddit sample, which is dominated by North American English. A model is more useful if it approximates the speaker’s intent, not the listener’s interpretation. “Right” is complicated in language, but it’s hard to see how you’d use a model full of cross-cultural misunderstandings.