[lg policy] Americanisms invading British English

[Harold Schiffman]

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September 14, 2011

Invaders From America ... Not!
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2011/09/14/invaders-from-america-not/

The special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K., says
Geoffrey Pullum, doesn’t seem to extend to attitudes toward
borrowed words.
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