Separated by a Common Language

Yesterday, I declared the UK-to-US SbaCL Word of the Year. You can read about it here .  The US-to-UK one may be as controversial as it was ...

Having let the year run its course, I'm now am ready to declare the Separated by a Common Language Words of the Year for 2022.  As ever,...

My plan is to add links to my newsletter as I go along here, so that there's a way for non-subscribers to access old ones.   If you'...

Jim recently ( ish ) wrote to ask me about this line he read in Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz: At the time, I hadn’t completed a deal w...

It's FIFA World Cup Time, a fact that is hard to avoid in this part of the world. I am not the kind of person who’s interested in watchi...

Nominate transatlantic words of the year! It's Word of the Year season, and before the end of 2022—possibly before the end of the 11th m...

UPDATE, 20 Oct 2022: The lettuce won!  The less I say here about the current state of British politics, the better for all of us, but I'...

For years, Ellen Jovin has carted a table, chair and reference books—first around New York City and later all across the United States—to v...

 So I tweeted this recently... Difference of the Day: I seriously cannot believe that I've never done BrE 'fit for purpose'. T...

 Reader Sam Fox wrote in with the question: I am an American, a Midwesterner all my life, though I have traveled quite a bit..   On a recent...