Good point Motley, that's typical Britspeak,  it's true, and caught our attention on an important issue. 
 On the other hand the headline that bugged me was "Oregon's newest  palace is named for its biggest football alum".  I'm fine on the "palace" bit,  but ALUM is    "Any of various double sulfates of a trivalent metal and a univalent metal, especially aluminum potassium sulfate, used as hardiners and purifiers."      :-)

Marcus  deserves better than that.