Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

 

    You like to-may-toes and I like to-mah-toes, go the words of the song by George and Ira Gershwin. But not only does the English language differ in pronunciation in the UK and the USA, our spellings and meanings cause more than a little confusion.

    Normally when writing day to day, I use USA English because I have now gotten into this way of writing and using Americanisms. However, my work in progress is based in Glasgow, so spell-check and grammar has been working overtime.

    But, unlike Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film, Shall we Dance, I'm not about to call the whole thing off.