Is it normal that i hate americanisms of word?
I hate American spellings of words. I am Irish with English parentage and I live in Ireland. Some words include programme/program, grey/gray, colour/color. I also dislike 'garbage' instead of 'rubbish' and 'trash can' instead of 'rubbish bin'. I just don't understand why, upon moving to a different country, American settlers changed the spelling of various words and invented words for things that there were already words for! I used to not come across many of these but now, with the internet, I cannot avoid them. They're driving me mad! Is hating Americanisms this much normal?