Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly

Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by cjs_ac on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:30AM (#44558879)

Interesting - I'd heard of American Gen Zs using theatre to mean the art form, to distinguish it from just meaning a building, but I hadn't heard of British English being considered a more prestigious register than American English. Is this a new phenomenon?

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Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by Onawa on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:39AM (#44558952)

I don't think OP meant "arrogant" in terms of more prestigious, but in the sense of any native US-English speaker using British English spellings as a way to seem fancier or more formal.

Non-native US-English speakers are not viewed in the same light (in my opinion).

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Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly by ghaff on Monday July 14, 2025 @11:32AM (#44561382)

I find there are a few specific Britishisms (like theatre) that don't really raise an eyebrow in the US and maybe can seem a bit more upper-class. Grey vs. gray are essentially interchangeable. Toward vs. towards is another.

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