Enjoyed reading the back and forth on this thread!
If I had a quid for every time an American or Canadian pilot read back a clearance/instruction in exactly the same, standard form as I'd transmitted to them, I'd have zero quid.
You have nothing to prove, we know you're much cooler than the rest of us, but please stop needlessly over-complicating everything and start joining in with keeping it simple!
From a whiny, pedant of a London ATCO.
P.S. I love both America and Canada, your people (women
), and your cultures. I especially love Reese's peanut butter cups, really good work on them.