Since my editors at Forbes always blanch when I use language like that, let me hasten to explain the ideas in normal English.

FORBES: New Radio Could Revolutionize Combat for U.S. Forces

Card issuers will also be obliged to explain their terms in plain English and inform customers about the cost of using their cards.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

Therefore, consumers will have to motivate businesses to adopt good business practices by gravitating toward companies and websites that explain their information-gathering practices in clear English and abandoning those that don't.

WSJ: Should the U.S. Adopt European-Style Data-Privacy Protections?

Coupled with the ability of their continental competitors to solidify their hegemony, this helps explain just why there is no English representation in Europe's Elite Eight.

WSJ: Soul Searching for Premier League

So how to explain the declining performances of the top English clubs in the Champions League?

WSJ: Soul Searching for Premier League

OK, this is going to sound a little strange, given that the Huffington Post was conceived and built in the US and has only, just now, launched in the UK. But bear with me as I explain that, at heart, HuffPo is much more English than it is American.

FORBES: Huffington Post is English, Not American