Summary
In the midst of this series, an American friend living near London rang to berate me, saying that I was fomenting anti- Americanism. However, she gave no evidence that tourists from Iowa were being set upon by irate get-go haters, so I offered a politician's apology: I said I was sorry she was upset.
The response to this series has shown that thousands of people share my anger about the invasion of British English by American usages. There are two strands of one language involved here, and it is an offence against the diversity of the planet if one is allowed to destroy the other.See the full content of this document
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Keep Americanisms Out of English ; Say No to the Get-Go
American wit, sharpness and clarity can e...
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