Separated by a Common Language

Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK

Feb 26, 2026

Are these words misspelled/misspelt most?

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The people at WordUnscrambler.pro  sent me a list of "the most misspelled (BrE misspelt *)   words" for the UK. I get a lot of th...
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Feb 4, 2026

nostalgia for present-day British English

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I get various Google Alerts for things related to my interests, and today I got one for a story in The Sun and the Daily Express  about the ...
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Dec 31, 2025

US-to-UK Word of the Year 2025: zee

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 And t he 2025  Separated by a Common Language US-to-UK Word of the Year  is (sorta kinda): zee (but mostly Gen Z ) I must start by assuring...
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Dec 30, 2025

UK-to-US Word of the Year 2025: fiddly

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The 2025  Separated by a Common Language UK-to-US Word of the Year is: fiddly  Here's an English teacher explaining the word Someone mig...
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Nov 23, 2025

pleaded and pled

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I may have promised another topic for this month's blog...but another request has (orig. AmE) come over the transom , and I'm easil...
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