BrE/AmE words of the year

[Lynne Murphy]

In case it's of interest, the 2010 Separated by a Common Language words of
the year are:

AmE to BrE import:  staycation
BrE to AmE import:  go missing

(Thanks to ADS-L for being a major inspiration for the latter!)

<http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2009/12/words-of-year-2009-staycation-and-go.html>

Happy holidays,
Lynne

Dr M Lynne Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
Arts B357
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QN

phone: +44-(0)1273-678844
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com

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