American vs British English: If you have ever found yourself reading an article and wondering why one writer says “color” while another writes “colour,” you are definitely not alone. American and ...
Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English. By Ben Yagoda. Princeton University Press; 288 pages; $24.95 and £20 British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into the ...
LONDON − Órlaith Hallahan never sits on the couch. Never wears a sweater. Doesn't take out the trash. Why would she? She's English. Hallahan sits on the sofa. Wears a jumper. Takes out the rubbish. "I ...