No, actually, autolycus. It is not being "a bit touchy". We do not speak the "Queen's" or "King's" English in the United States of America. We speak the form of English that has evolved here. I note that the UK pedants that Kendall seems to be tiring of will contribute mightily to a threat from the USA to "their" language but I don't hear anyone complaining about the damage done to "their" language by Geordies or Cockneys. Before you all start picking that apart, I know the analogy can be attacked, but it's basic point is that you can protect "your" language. Go ahead. But I wish you would quit the implication that somehow the colonials are messing everything up. Your problem lies in your neck of the woods. But it is not with our language. It is that your citizens seem to be adopting much of how we speak it. The fact that "your" English has evolved here does not make what we speak incorrect. It is our language, spoken in our way.

All the best,

Mick