I haven't read all 50 comments yet, but if UK spelling or word usage knocks someone from a story they were not that into it to anyway.
I figured out what a torch or a lift even jumpers and singlets translate into.
Good grief,if they don't know? look it up! That's why we have dictionaries and thesaurus.
I say concentrate on the story and worry not about nitpickers.
Ooh I seem a little bitchy today must be hormonal::lol::
As the Gilda Radner character(her name escapes me) would say after a rant..."Never mind".