If you ask a Brit how he or she is, the answer is generally along the lines of “I’m well, thank you.” Over here the answer from the locals is “I’m good”.
This grates on me probably because I say “I’m well” as opposed to “I’m sick as a dog, thank you” whereas saying “I’m good” makes me think of the alternative being “I’m a heinous monster with designs on global domination….” or something like that.
I’m overreacting aren’t I?
*on a separate and completely unrelated note – I’ve just started reading Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Big Country (sent to me by the wonderful Simon and Chloe). Turns out that even Bill had some language problems on return to the US of A. I laughed out loud that he struggled with spackle too.