BrE/AmE words of the year

[joelj@sas.upenn.edu]

It's so funny that you chose "staycation..."  I heard it for the first
time ever a couple of weeks ago from Americans, though I'm in Spain, and
they came up with it purely on their own.  I had no idea it was known to
other people, let alone in popular usage /anywhere/, until reading your
post.

JJ

On 12/20/2009 3:42 PM, Lynne Murphy wrote:
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> In case it's of interest, the 2010 Separated by a Common Language words of
> the year are:
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> AmE to BrE import:  staycation
> BrE to AmE import:  go missing
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> (Thanks to ADS-L for being a major inspiration for the latter!)
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> <http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2009/12/words-of-year-2009-staycation-and-go.html>
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> Happy holidays,
> Lynne
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