America’s liberties with English

Posted on July 15, 2015 | 2 Comments

My latest article for the BBC is about how American English came to be so different from British English – and why it didn’t come to be more different:

Why isn’t ‘American’ a language?

 

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2 responses to “America’s liberties with English”

  1. beyondwords72's avatar beyondwords72 | July 18, 2015 at 4:38 pm | Reply

    Everything I might want to know about the topic in one beautifully written article. A keeper!

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