Thank you for this post. For the life of me I cannot explain why, but it delighted me immensely, and I am inexplicably incapable of reading it in my head without an exaggerated British accent.
Strangely enough, despite being thoroughly american, I am given to british spellings and mannerisms in my writing and speech. I think it has something to do with being really into british humor and fiction for most of my life. (british comedies, Terry Pratchett, Dr. Who...)
I constantly get teased by friends about my british spelling s of common words.
