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Wendy: Sorry, I should have been more precise. By "most of us" I meant most Americans. And yes, you'll perhaps have to assimilate it reluctantly. Would you be able to drop "okay" from everyday speech?

Aristophanes, not sure about "okay" - could be quite difficult but will see, if I can, how often I use it. I reckon it'll be loads!

Another thing which irritates me is, for example, "Well I was kinda like... (shrug of the shoulders) uh"? Then again, that could be an English expression.

"Kinda like" is (I'm afraid) here too. Count your blessings, though. It's far better than "I was like" for "I said"- as in "I was like, you've got be kidding." The typical teenager uses the word "like" thousands of times a day. I once heard a girl say, "I was like, like I don't like LIKE like him." Perhaps the world is coming to an end.
Don't give in with the apostrophes. Rage against the machine!

I find the use of well instead of very, very
strange, e.g 'I was well happy when I read your latest thread' or even more incomprehensible 'it was well good' Where on earth does that spring from?

The wellspring!

Well said!

Eeeh, I never thought of that, thanks sallyw

HelenB: Finally! Something that can't be blamed on the Evil Empire! Well can indeed mean very or very much, as in well content. It comes off sounding like a rural archaism, but a decidedly British one. Nooooobody uses it here, with the possible exception of members of isolated communities with Scottish/Irish/English roots.

Rather than start a new thread and waste a good one....

It really annoys me when people use "marinade" when in fact they mean "marinate". And just as bad, confusing "infer" with "imply".

(And peple who begin sentences with the word "And"... (tee hee, better get back to the kitchen)

Incorrect use of brackets?