[SeaBookGuy]

Saying "What?" to indicate one hasn't heard is quite rude! I would say either "Sorry?" or "Excuse me?" - a digression that one may encounter a black American expression "Excuse you!" if one accidentally jostles another (or some such) and doesn't apologize for it, from the jostled to the jostler.

I have not seen "How do you do?" (rare these days in its own right) replied with the same. "I am loving it" is used to show emphasis on how awesome "it" is; you should expect to hear amongst the Younger Set "I totally love it!" ("I am totally loving it!") soon.

I still maintain burglarized still sounds funny (and brings to mind an image of the McDonald's Hamburgler). "Surprized" looks horrific to me; I have never seen it, and if I did it'd be a "What the hell?" moment.

I, too, find these differences fascinating. Any "right/wrong" nonsense is tedious.



I have mostly heard "deplane" used by the airline itself during landing instructions, but "disembark" seems more common, or even "exit" I'd say.