Separated by a Common Language

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

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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Oct 20, 2025

hadn't have VERBed

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A great thing about being Facebook friends with linguists is that I get to benefit from their daily observations of English. Here's a re...
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