Is English Changing? by Steve Kleinedler

Author:Steve Kleinedler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge

United States United Kingdom

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hood/trunk (of a car) bonnet/boot

vacation holiday

pharmacist chemist

elevator lift

And, the same word can have different meanings. For example, football in the United States is different from football in England. What the English call football, Americans call soccer.

Lynne Murphy is an American linguist who is a professor in England, where she has lived since 2000. Her blog Separated by a Common Language and her book The Prodigal Tongue are great resources for distinctions between British and American English.

Something you can do!

Think of a distinction between British English and American English and search on Murphy’s blog (separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com) to see if she has discussed this topic.

Prepare a short description of three topics that she has addressed in her blogs. (At the drop-down menu, search on the ‘topic’ labels.)

Share these descriptions with your class.

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