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This seems like an odd article to post on HN. Also, British people have their own collection of wholly insane nonsensical grating remarks which have no business

• stuaxo 18y ago
  To be fair TFA ends with "Maybe there are others that make your blood boil - or some Britishisms that really get under your skin." Their list isn't the same as mine, The colour/color language divide seems to be one that pisses off most people. My personal list would have to include "Mom", perhaps because of the cloying hollywood kid actors that always say it. For some reason differences in the language like this do seem to hit a nerve with people - I suppose it's because you learn it one way, and have to here the other "wrong" way. (More in the case of USisms to British ears - we get a lot of American TV and films - although it's easy to pick out the US adverts that have just been dubbed; theres something comically cheesy about them).
  • graemep 18y ago
    I do not find most of the examples annoying. My top three are: 1) different than, 2) theatre for cinema (what do you call a theatre then?) 3) nouns used as verbs, and, 4) "i am good" for "I am well" - I rarely ask people about their moral standing... Color/colour and spelling differences do not annoy me at all. I also find that the more educated the speaker or writer, and the more formal the context, the less likely I am likely to find anything annoying.