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🔴 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 **Bonkers for Britishisms: the UK terms Americans have embraced**
Matthew Cantor
_Britons have long argued that Americanisms are “poisoning” or even “killing” their language, but it must be alive and well, since some Americans vent about the opposite; they feel that their compatriots are being a bit twee when they “impersonate an Englishman”._
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/uk-british-terms-america-most-used.
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