[Graybeard58]

My pet peeve is Americans using the Brit’s spelling. They are just trying to be cute.

At theatres and shoppes everywhere you look.

It's enough to send one to hospital.

[MaryFromMichigan]

If I were to hear an American use a phase like "on holiday" or drop the "the" as in "going to the hospital", I would be willing to bet that the speaker is a liberal.
I don't see your average Conservative using such silly affectations.
It's a pride in one's own country thing.
Libs don't usually have it.

[sodpoodle]

LOL!!!

Was being helped by a guy at Home Depot and noted his accent. When I asked how long since he left South Africa - he was impressed - most Americans thought he was Australian.

It’s a gift;)

[Seruzawa]

Very colourful comment, what?

[danielmryan]

Speaking of odd spellings, I wrote a mimicked-up middle English sally with a somewhat contrived plot behind it a few years ago. The spellings were much odder in the time of Henry VII.