The Americanisation of English reveals something dark about society

Candy. Elevator. Highway. Trash. Movie theatre. Fire truck. Americanisms are infiltrating children’s language to the point ...

Survey reveals the Americanisms that are slipping most into British children's speech

Of 10,000 U.K. teachers surveyed, 50% reported hearing their students say "trash" or "garbage" instead of the more typical ...

‘Mom, can we take the elevator?’ Why I’m fine with my daughter speaking Americanese

A new study has shown Americanisms are creeping into classrooms throughout the UK, with words like ‘diaper’, ‘apartment’, ...

Tony Harrison, British Poet of the Working Class, Dies at 88

His work examined the tensions between his country’s social and economic strata, as well as his roots in postindustrial Leeds ...

Americanisms are invading the English language and I’m, like, literally losing it

Ever noticed Americanisms creeping into British English? By stealth, cultural osmosis from across the pond, faster than you ...

Lola Petticrew: ‘Calling it the Troubles minimises what it really was’

The Belfast actor won an Ifta award and a Bafta nod for their performance as an IRA soldier in last year’s ‘Say Nothing’. Now ...

FIRST READING: Mark Carney's bizarre insistence on using British spellings instead of Canadian ones

Charles Boberg, a McGill University linguist who has spearheaded regular surveys of the unique quirks of Canadian English, ...

The Soothing British Radio Show That Blew My Mind — and Put Me Right to Sleep

Melvyn Bragg talked to academics who dedicated their lives to studying very specific things. After more than 1,000 episodes, ...

51 Times People’s Lies Got Way Out Of Hand And Changed Their Entire Lives

Here’s another FRIENDS reference for all you fans out there. You likely recall the episode where Ross Geller began speaking at a lecture with a fake British accent out of nervousness. He tried to ...

The End of Accents

As it has for everything else, AI has now come for the accent. Companies like Krisp and Sanas sell real-time accent ...
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Rosamund Pike Nails the South African Accent in New Film — Mzansi Fans Love It

Rosamund Pike stuns South Africans with her perfect accent in 'Now You See Me: Now You Don’t'. Fans online are praising her for pulling off the tone flawlessly ...