I did. That was very insightful and interesting. It's a fellow anglo who is the serial offendor. I never push back on ESL, My wife taught TEFL and I have been acculturated to a high tolerance for any minor nit in an ESL speaker.

But fellow Anglo.. I have low to zero tolerance for this particular verbal tic.

I hadn't considered the english diaspora/vernacular. I'll have to be mindful of that.