>>Back in the 1980s I worked on a project at CWS, a.k.a. the Co-Op, in Manchester. The team consisted of some Americans and some Brits. (Plus a Welshman). One of my American teammates was the quintessential ugly American abroad. As far as he was concerned anything that was different from what he was used to back home was WRONG. For example, one time a group of us were hanging out at Don's apartment -- sorry, his flat -- when there was a report on the TV news about someone being "in hospital." "In THE hospital," Don said emphatically.
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>How did he feel about 'in school, in halls, in harness' ?

He was probably against all of them ;-)