In article ,
Brian Watson wrote:

English English is "preferred use" in England, especially when describing
terms where confusion at the point of purchase may lead to dangerous
consequences.

Only since Victorian times, when there was a dogmatic attempt to define
a single correct form of English. Those of us who are happy reading
earlier forms can understand most USA usages (Ebonics and New York
Yiddish dialects definitely excepted). The converse is not true,
because modern USA English is a much simplified set of dialects.

I agree that, where serious practicalities are important, being lax
about such things is inadvisable. That is, after all, why this group
drops into Latin when we need to identify particular species :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.