I noticed on the 3FM news website, the headline ‘Drop curbs to be installed by Douglas Council’.

Now, I know a lot of Americanisms have crept in to our language but my understanding of curb is ‘restraint’ and kerb is a raised edge at the side of the road.

Can’t we just stick with English in stead of slipping into using whatever the ‘spellchecker’ tells us as they are usually geared to the American user?

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This letter was first published in the Manx Independent of April 13.