drive-by grammar nazi!

[rone]

"Here, here" and "rediculous" will get you sent to reëducation.  VORSICHT!

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[opadit.livejournal.com]

My most recent peeve is Americans using British spellings and turns of phrase, like "flavour" and "Hallowe'en" and "straightaway" and "fruit and veg." :P

However, I've never really had a problem with emoticons.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

"Hallowe'en" is a Britishism? It showed up in various children's books I had and I always just thought of it as a variant form.

The American Heritage Dictionary doesn't give it (or "straightaway") the "Brit." marker like it does "flavour".

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Ack! That was actually the Oxford American Dictionary. It may be Britishly contaminated.