Many ‘American’ phrases are actually British but a recent book argues why we say what we say reveals a lot approximately our culturesTo those committed warriors hunched over their keyboards or gripping tightly to their pens,alert to fire off an angry salvo approximately the Americanization of British English to their favorite newspaper, television channel or book publisher, or linguist Lynne Murphy has a solemn warning: check a genuine dictionary first. Or consider her recent book,The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English, which assaults the British obsession of attacking US English with cold, or hard facts. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk