33. Please

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

b'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.'