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Cool origin. Still an US thing if only people from the US do it.
"The origin is British so it's your fault we do it" sounds like "mom didn't educate me so it's her fault I'm a deadbeat - 40y.o. adult".
You are allowed to improve your language.
Would it be an improvement? Languages are fluid, etymology is complicated, and things are called what they’re called.