These British slang words will leave anyone outside the UK scratching their heads. Learn quirky British phrases and how to ...

Join Josh and Ollie as they team up with YBM to launch a British English series, diving into key differences between British ...

Ben Yagoda, an American author and retired professor of English, started writing a blog in 2011 that examined what he called ...

It’s not a vacation, but a “holiday”; not an apartment, but a “flat.” It’s “ring my mobile” instead of “call my cellphone,” “cheers” for “thanks,” or “brilliant” instead of “great!” In recent years, ...

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 ...

It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we often forget about, as we ...

"It has been common over the last century to see the United States as the dominant cultural exporter, shaping the global palette with blue jeans, rock'n'roll and the American idiom," said Dennis ...

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