"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| One of the MS pages about their rewards
| suggests that people can visit the rewards
| options page when they feel "spendy". But
|
| I rather like "spendy"!
|

Really? I cringed at it. But I've noticed that
Brits like a touch of cuteness. Windy, for instance.
Or the nicknames among the upper class, which
seem to be silly in direct proportion to a person's
social importance.

| MS are comprised of techies, who have never
|
| (You did that "comprised of" deliberately, didn't you!)
|

I'll never tell.

| There was a BBC comedy series (called "The Fall and Rise of Reginald
| Perrin" - I'd recommend it), in which there were a couple of young men
| characters; when a boss said something, one of them would almost always
| say "great", to which the other would inevitably respond "super". After
| a reversal of fortune of the company, they got jobs similar to what
| they'd had before, but changed to "marvellous" and "terrific".

I've often appreciated British culture for the
use of English. It's their language and it shows.
They often use it respectfully and lovingly.
I liked the Jeeves And Wooster series for that.
It was also a great example of silly upper class
names.

In the US there's little appreciation for the art
of language. Like everything else, it's an athletic
competition, with points being awarded for swagger
and fashion, yo.