The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132499 Message #4179247
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
15-Aug-23 - 11:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
I looked it up and it was suggested that it was mainly North American but another site identified the earlier, pre-USA usage and reckoned that anyone who was well-read enough would have encountered it. That put me in my place!