And as for American spelling...I would vouch for the fact most Americans don't spell very well, in their version of English or anyone else's.

What about how you list dates? The American style is month, date, year, not date, month year...which gets confusing when people use numbers and not the name of the month--so is 1/11/08 January 11 or November 1?

Well--one fact established---maybe---all shades of introverts and extroverts and everything in between are very willing to discuss hair and eye colour ( I used the British spelling!) Is this unique to PhD students? ( I am in deep work avoidance mode at the moment...)

Tongue in cheek, tongue in cheek!

U rly mnt a fystf kampyn 2 int irytaytin spylin.

Well, as to the American spelling, as an American doing a PhD in Britain, I will say the spelling can get confusing. I do try to write, spell and think in British English when I am doing my PhD writing--one easy way to cope is to set the spell checker to UK English. Then there are some definite "British" turns of phrase and of course of punctuation ( those should have been inverted commas in the British style). British English lists things out as, firstly, secondly, thirdly--this is not American English.

For me the problem is the reverse, when working on American English things ( like for work) and British spelling and phrases creep in...

I would like to join this campaign! All of the abbreviations ( is it called text talk?) make it look like a 5 year old is writing!

I have green eyes ( to go with brown hair).

Ahhh...but PhD students are special, should PhD students match the percentages of the general population, or should there be skews in data and percentages?

As the American writer Mark Twain's characters one observed, work is what a person is obliged to do, and play is what you are not obliged to do...having just shifted down to part time and soon to be no work, so as to get my PhD done, the PhD has moved from 'play' to 'work'. Not to say I did not take it seriously, but it felt much different when I was trying to do it on top of full time work. Now it is starting to have a different feel altogether...or perhaps I just need a break.

Red hair has been mentioned here--in fact people opting to TURN their hair red from brown ( at least in my case!) And there is also black hair, and I am loathe to say, grey hair ( which turns up during PhD studies, apparently ( having just plucked one from my head) and then of course NO HAIR--whether by nature or by design!

Sorry...too many smiley faces there, something is up with my computer tonight. What I wanted to say...

I wish it were as easy as that--some place you could post your dearest wish for academic funding, research, a place on a degree programme...and voila! Someone would do the work and find one for you.

I have three sisters with blonde hair!!! And none of them have done a PhD ( though they have done other postgraduate professional degrees). I never tried to turn my hair blonde...its been red...green ( in my punk rock days) but not ever blonde...

And also find out if she more an introvert or extrovert!

Do you suppose some one could get PhD funding to study this????