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Wednesday 27 July 2011

The blog formerly known as ...English Language @ SFX: Back in the USA

The blog formerly known as ...English Language @ SFX: Back in the USA: "The BBC has curated a veritable gripefest of peeves about American English in response to Matthew Engel's article and broadcast about ..."

Another quality post I've shamelessly swiped from the SFX blog - the language log stuff might be a little steep for a few of you, but do look at the BBC article - in particular, the comments made by Melanie Johnson around 3/4 of the way down; you'll find a neat summary of language change, and you'll be able to figure out the predominant attitudes to language change (in this case, the rise of American English) from the comments made by the people who have contributed. Enjoy!

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