Separated by a Common Language

In 2009, my parents came over from the US and we took a trip to Italy: Florence, Pisa, and Rome. The food, of course, was gorgeous, but ofte...

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 ...