> This only offends the British speakers of
English who are easily offended, which I ain't.

Milo here demonstrates two platitudes:
1. Only those British speakers of English predisposed to get offended will end up offended
b. He's not a member of that set
Well, we sure knew that, Milo :)

Good luck with the survey, Miia - be glad to help if a mere non-American can slip through the mesh!