Separated by a Common Language

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

Jan 2, 2023

2022 US-to-UK Word of the Year: homer

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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 ...
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Jan 1, 2023

UK-to-US Word of the Year 2022: fit

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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,...
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Dec 28, 2022

Newsletter archive

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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'...
Dec 18, 2022

go west/south

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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...
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Nov 27, 2022

fixtures and brackets

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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...
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Nov 20, 2022

WotY news and Lynneguist news

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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...
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Oct 16, 2022

a (head of) lettuce

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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'...
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Sep 25, 2022

Competition (UK): Win a copy of Ellen Jovin's Rebel with a Clause

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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...
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Aug 14, 2022

fit for purpose / fit to purpose

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 So I tweeted this recently... Difference of the Day: I seriously cannot believe that I've never done BrE 'fit for purpose'. T...
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Jul 17, 2022

crescent

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 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...
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