Separated by a Common Language

Image from here At the Bavard Bar in St Leonard's a few months ago, a Bavardier asked me if I'd noticed the difference between the ...

See here for the UK-to-US WotY post. Time for the 2023 US-to-UK Word of the Year. Before people complain that this word has been in British ...

Each year since 2006, this blog has designated Transatlantic Words of the Year ( WotY ). The twist is that I choose the most 'of the yea...

Smylers got in touch recently with this observation: I found myself being surprised by the word “mobility”, and was wondering if there's...

Having spent so many years on Twitter doing "Differences of the Day",  I have a lot of (forgive me the jargon) content that could ...

Long ago, I was asked about so fun  versus such fun . Martin Ball, this one's for you!  So, fun   started out in English (1600s) as a ve...

In my last newsletter , I reacted to this news story : The article is about addressing teachers as sir  or miss , which happens in American...