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President Trump thanked King Charles III for “one of the highest honors of my life” Wednesday night as he was feted at an ornate state dinner in Windsor Castle.
Editor's Note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 24, 2019. That audio is available here. Linguist Lynne Murphy explores the differences between British and American English in her new book "The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between ...
Business Insider spoke to Philip Gooden, author and expert on the origins of the English language, about why the variety of English used in the US is different – and more traditional – to the variety of English used in Britain. Full transcript below.
American kids are binge-watching so much of the British cartoon “Peppa Pig’’ that they are developing English accents and even using words like “telly” and “ready, steady, go.” The so-called Peppa Effect had already led kids in the US to ...
Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English. By Ben Yagoda. Princeton University Press; 288 pages; $24.95 and £20 British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into the language of the mother country. The BBC once asked British ...
In an article on Romper, Janet Manley wrote about the phenomenon of young children suddenly adopting English accents after watching Peppa Pig, something she termed the “Peppa Effect”. “Up until the age of 20 months, my daughter was a pristine ...
Brits and Americans might speak the same language, but there are plenty of British words, phrases, and slang that mean something totally different in America. These differences can cause embarrassment or even get you into trouble. If you ask a British ...
There are many questions being asked about the European Union’s future after the departure of the United Kingdom last week. One of the most curious concerns language. For two decades, English has been the ‘lingua franca’ of the European Union ...
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