I'm not your buddy, guy!

Occasionally, I accidentally use the word "guy".

It makes me cringe.

I'm English, for heaven's sake. The only time I should use the word guy should be on the 5th of November. And with a capital G!!

Today, I used the word "flashlight". Yikes. That's like calling the fire brigade the fire department.

I should be taken out and shot.

Not that I have anything against the United States. Love the place. Some of my best holidays have been spent there. Most of my favourite films were made there.

But I need to try to stop it invading my vocabulary.

And I wish more people in England would try to resist. I like our quirky little cultural identity. No point turning ourselves into a small grey copy of the USA.

The USA wouldn't be as much fun if it wasn't different.