I'm like, Seriously, woman?! Head out of butt, STAT!
Although - funny story for the week...
I am English, living in the US. I graduated with my Associates in May, and this is my first term at a 4-year school working towards my BSc. One of my professors docked points off my grade for an assignment last week for writing in "whilst" - he considered it a misspelling. So I emailed for clarification, making note that I often use English-English such as apologise, honour, organise and colour, and it has never been an issue before. The response I got was essentially, you live in America; use American English. This week, I get the following comment on another assignment:
"You did excellent using the template as a guideline."
I "did excellent"? Just... Wow. Thanks, prof, for letting me know that I need to write everything for you at no more than an 8th grade level, and should do as you say, not as you do.
Although - funny story for the week...
I am English, living in the US. I graduated with my Associates in May, and this is my first term at a 4-year school working towards my BSc. One of my professors docked points off my grade for an assignment last week for writing in "whilst" - he considered it a misspelling. So I emailed for clarification, making note that I often use English-English such as apologise, honour, organise and colour, and it has never been an issue before. The response I got was essentially, you live in America; use American English. This week, I get the following comment on another assignment:
"You did excellent using the template as a guideline."
I "did excellent"? Just... Wow. Thanks, prof, for letting me know that I need to write everything for you at no more than an 8th grade level, and should do as you say, not as you do.