Opinion of American posters who post in British English

[Хahar 🤔]

I fail to see why Antonio would be expected to write in anything but American English, seeing as that he has no native dialect of English and that he has lived in America in the past and will again in the future. Obviously I have no problem with foreigners using whatever version of English they feel most comfortable with.

Obviously for Americans to type in non-American English is a hideous affectation. I have made my feelings on this very clear in the past. If Americans hate their own native culture so much that they are unwilling to use its language, they are free to find some other place to live.

[Хahar 🤔]

British English is British, not European. I certainly recognize that the pedagogical norm in Europe is to use British English, but that does not make it native to the continent. Antonio's experience with English-speaking societies tends unusually to the American for a European, and furthermore he is posting on an American forum. As I have said, it makes no difference to me what language a non-native speaker chooses if they are not part of an anglophone society.

As for my parents, obviously they received their secondary and tertiary education (through their Bachelor's degree) in Indian English using non-American spelling. Since they both have technical jobs, they rarely write in English, but when they do, it is American English because they have chosen to live and work in America.