Separated by a Common Language

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

Apr 12, 2026

administration and government

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It's about time this topic has its own blog post. It's been an aside to other discussions on several occasions . It's not so muc...
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Mar 21, 2026

alongside

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A few months ago, an American friend of my spouse asked him to ask me: "Why is everyone suddenly saying alongside ?"  I hadn't...
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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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