On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:13:50 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-09-23 6:01 PM, Je?us wrote:
>
>>> It's odd
>>> that Sheldon would suddenly use the informal definition,
>>> when throughout this thread he's been a stickler for what
>>> he believes to be correct usage.
>>
>> The only group of people I have ever heard say 'healthfully' or
>> healthful has been Americans and possibly Canadians. That was the
>> reason I took issue with Sheldon's comment, just trying to point out
>> that it isn't universal like he seems to imply.
>
>I have lived here all my life. English was my first language, as it was
>with my parents, my grandparents, great grandparents and a couple
>generations before that. I grew up in an English speaking region, and
>"healthy" was always perfectly acceptable.

Cheers.