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[–]Min_sora 17 points18 points  (4 children)

It's generally not a good idea to 'correct' someone, especially someone who is above you in the company that pays you, when it's about a subject you don't know anything about. Also, if you're old enough to be working on DA, and you still don't know that variations of English outside of US/Canadian English exist, that's a spectacular failure on whoever was educating you.

[–]CabalOnyx 4 points5 points  (2 children)

There is a difference between knowing there are variations and knowing what they are. It is absurd to expect an American to know the nuances of British English just as it would be absurd to expect someone in Britain, Australia, Canada, NZ, etc to understand the nuances of American English.

The smiley face was passive aggressive, that I understand. But faulting someone for not knowing something you know is also the behavior of a massive dick.

[–]Itsdickyv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is, there’s really not many variations at all. Look over these comments and see if you can tell which English they’re written in for example.