The Britishisms are coming

[Damien Hall]

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This _NYT_ article by Alex Williams is a good overview of the recent media interest in British lexical items creeping into American English: the article is extensive in its own right, and it has links to other articles from the British press on the same subject. It also quotes many linguists, at least two of whom I know are our very own on this list: Lynne Murphy and Jesse Sheidlower.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/fashion/americans-are-barmy-over-britishisms.html

Damien

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Damien Hall
Newcastle University (UK)

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