33. Please

Published: April 1, 2016, 2:24 p.m.

There\u2019s an ocean between Britain and the USA, but an even wider division between each country\u2019s use of a particular word: \u2018please\u2019. Linguists Lynne Murphy and Rachele De Felice explain how one nation\u2019s obsequiousness is another nation\u2019s obnoxiousness.