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Blimey, I'm Knackered!: An American's Survival Guide to British English

By Marshall Hall, Mark Cowie (Illustrator)
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By Marshall Hall, Mark Cowie (Illustrator)
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Brit Speak for Yanks!

Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, “We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.” One would think, in a world homogenized by technology and social media, that differences between British English and American English would gradually disappear. Ask any recent traveler, though, and you’ll learn that plenty of linguistic idiosyncrasies persist, and new ones emerge all the time. Folks on both sides of the pond may be in closer touch ...

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