The prodigal tongue the love-hate relationship between American and British English
"An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English. "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American." "English accents are the sexiest." "Americans have ruined the English language." "Technology means everyone will have to speak...
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New York, New York :
Penguin Books,
[2018]
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