Oh that must be odd! We’re constantly fighting with the littlest grandchildren to stop adopting Americanisms - they simply don’t realise they’re wrong because the exposure to American English on YouTube and the children’s TV channels is overwhelming. So, for example, my granddaughter will ask if we can do such and such ‘on the weekend’. It was exacerbated recently when she brought her new reading book home from school, which turned out to be an American cartoon book which, naturally, was riddled with such Americanisms!
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Even worse for me, is when I spend a day in his company, as by the end of it I have adopted a slight American accent too 
Fortunately for him, his heart is in the right place and he is totally into my granddaughter, so it’s a price worth paying 
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Oh that made me laugh LD 
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“Do the math” and not “maths” always sounds odd to me
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Oh me too! Just sounds wrong, haha!
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The weight of ship used to cause a few arguments, back in the day.
Royal Naval Ships are sized by their Deadweight (as in weighed on the scales) in tons Deadweight.
RN Tars usually say they are “In” a ship rather than “on” it, as is said as Merchant ships .
I think this comes from the fact that, in most Cargo ships, the Sailors live above the deck as the cargo is below the deck.
Merchant ships are sized in terms of “Tons” where a Ton is not a weight, at all, it’s 100 Cu Feet of space.
So a 200,000 ton Tanker can hold 200,000 x 100 cu ft of Liquid.
A few might be confused as they move around the world!
I was raised to quote naval vessels in Long Tons (displacement).
All I know about the US, I got from reading Stephen King 
So tell me, I was very disappointed when I tried a Twinkie, what will I think of a HoHo?
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Dangerous place clowns pop up out of drains.
Have never heard this said (or even read) using maths.
Must sound like a really scary place. 
There’s no accounting for taste. Twinkies are childhood staples. Just looked to see if they’re still selling them and saw different flavors. Just making sure you ate the original and not the banana or the chocolate. I think Hostess has gone downhill too, so maybe that has something to do with it.
HoHos are less oily but just as sweet. Peeling off the chocolate is part of the experience If you like chocolate, you might like HoHos
Just as a matter of interest have you ever been outside North America?
I’m learning British slang from some celebrities on youtube. 
