I say tomato, you say Tomato?

There are plenty of differences between British English and American English. Tomato/toma(y)to…trousers/pants…petrol/gas.

But reading the latest blog from the Current TV producers across the lingual pond has produced this humdinger:

In December of last year, just before the Christmas holiday, my father’s home was burglarized in broad daylight.

Burglarized?!

Reading the comments, it doesn’t look like I’m the only pedant on the block.

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