Do you think there is a North American/British divide here? You've been in North America a long time. Were you publishing before you went?

What would your editor say if one of your characters used the word alright, to mean okay, as in the reply to 'will you get me a bottle of milk?' Or would you change the alright to okay, so that it didn't cause a problem.

My specific example is one character saying 'come to bed' and the other saying, 'alright'. 'All right' just doesn't work, it doesn't actually make sense as a reply in that context.