Merkanese
Someone at the BBC thought it would be a good idea to ask whether British hatred of the American bastardisation of the English language is justified. Brave ol' Auntie beeb, I don't think I'd have the stomach for that fight.
Actually, it's more of a bait 'n' switch. Susie Dent—a woman with the grating voice of a mildly haughty department store floorwalker—teaches Brits a thing or two about their shared linguistic heritage
. Although disciplines
or schools
might be more apposite.
She didn't explain why Americans call the toilet a bathroom though. Nor did she go so far as to address the original, more provocative, question. So, I will: hatred is never justified, but an intense dislike is quite understandable. (pipe)