Separated by a Common Language

Tibs wrote to me in October 2020:      A few years ago, Americans started adding “ of ” in places it didn’t occur before. It gradually sprea...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

 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...