The differences between English English and American English is one of the enduring pleasures of my life. Why should anyone want to do anything about it? If Americanisms are creeping into English speech, it just means they are becoming part of English English.

I think advertisements and CorporateSpeak are a bigger threat. "Lite" is widely used and always painful. Any word with a capital letter in the middle of it is stupid. Texting language is useful for texting, I suppose, but really bad for any other form of written communication.

I have to admit to getting thoroughly tired of the "ough" words, though. I mean, enough is enough. If "enough" is pronounced "enuf", why isn't "though" pronounced "thuf"? Keeping track of this stuff is really tough. Keeping track of this stough is really tuff! And what is the REAL pronunciation of "slough"?