The Facial-Expression Scandal That Blew Minds Across the Atlantic

A couple of days ago, the U.K.-based YA author Melinda Salisbury wrote online: "Every time I write a character frowning now, I remember Americans think this is something you do with your mouth, and it ruins it." Soon after, I, a British person, logged into Slack to find my American Slate colleagues discussing this tweet. I read the conversation, and frowned. By which I mean I furrowed my brow, looking confusedly at the screen. Because that is what a frown is.