There's no getting around it—clothes are just an important part of everyday life. We put them on when we wake up, we change into new ...
Finding America
Me and Tarah
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Earlier this week, I sat down to watch a series 6 episode of Doctor Who . During one particular scene, the Doctor uttered a word that, for w...
Continuing my defence (or is it defen s e? ) of American English, allow me to shift focus to a topic that remains very close to my heart: Am...
Being the wonderfully complex language that it is, English is replete with groups of words that are pronounced the same way but with to...
A less-covered but nonetheless noticeable difference between British and American English is the pronunciation of the initial consonant ...
I have often heard it said that there is no such thing as a British accent , that Britain is made up of many different accents (and dialec...
"British English is an American term and therefore is not a word." The above sentence was an actual comment left beneath one o...
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On this day in 1945, the Potsdam Conference—sometimes known as Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK—...
On this day in 1779, a select group of George Washington's Continental Army troops—under the leadership of General "Mad Anthony&q...
Representing something of an irony, one of the first British/American word differences that truly struck me after moving to the U.S. was...
144 years ago today, the state of Georgia — named after King George II of Great Britain — was re-admitted to the Union, having previously ...
After working those long 8-hour days (cue French gloating), residents of both the UK and US are often very keen to commit an equal numbe...
225 years ago today, Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the mouth of a river system in north-western Canada that he believed wo...
When we flew across the Atlantic from London to Maryland in August 2012 I remember this conversation very clearly as we took a break betw...
They say that the United States is a nation of immigrants. Of course, historically, a good percentage of these immigrants came from the ...
As of 2012, the population of the UK stood at roughly 63,705,000, compared to the United States, which consisted of about 318,059,000 pe...
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Guest post by Claire Bolden McGill: 10 British Words for ‘Making Out’ 1. Snogging This is the British version of ‘making out’. Known a...
As a part-time linguist (not my official job title) and as a lifelong speaker of the language, I have come to find that English is anythin...
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Guest post by Claire Bolden McGill: A Comparison of UK vs USA School Terms and Practices This week in the USA it is ‘Teacher Appreciati...
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Here's a collection of pictures I took recently of some of the many homages to Great Britain located in the city of Indianapolis. Pe...
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Laurence is a British expat living in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a contributor for BBC America and has written for Anglotopia and...
Guest post by Claire Bolden McGill Back of the net! Jackanory! Jurassic Park! Cash back! Smell my cheese! These phrases are part of...
Fox Entertainment Group has secured television rights to re-make the popular British TV series Doctor Who in a deal that will see 15 new ...
Whether uttered jovially or derogatorily, euphemisms for sex have played a key role in the history of the English lexicon on both side...
Regular readers of this blog will know I like to reminisce about certain mainstream British food items that are a scarce commodity in th...
The Oxford scholar, Robert Burton, once wrote that "the fear of death is worse than death." Burton's reasoning might explain...
After reading the recent Buzzfeed article 21 Things British People Hate About Americans, I learned two very important lessons: 1) on Bu...
Ever wondered how English your state is? Well you might want to look at these findings, taken from t he U.S. census of 2000, which found t...
With a total area of almost 3.8 million square miles, the United States is approximately 40 times the size of the United Kingdom, which it...
Laurence is a British expat living in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a contributor for BBC America and has written for Anglotopia a...
Let me begin this post by stating that this article is not a slam against Americans. Indeed, a lot of the places listed below have such ...
Laurence is a British expat living in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a contributor for BBC America and has written for Anglotopia and...
Many British expats—like me—can find themselves going years without seeing their friends and family back home. Whatever the reason—be it...
Guest post by Claire Bolden McGill: A List of 17 British Slang Words and Phrases Most Americans Don't Understand I love a good ol...
Dear America. I am writing this letter in the hope that you will take into consideration something very close to my heart.
Whenever I engage an American in conversation about British food, he or she will invariably find a hitherto unfamiliar dish - described by...
Guest post by Claire Bolden McGill: A list of 15 Words And Phrases I Never Used Before I Came to America
Any motorist that has braved the roads of both Great Britain and the United States will no doubt be familiar with the myriad of differen...
According to a 2008 survey by the Costa Book Awards , she was voted - ahead of Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Jane Austen and William Shakes...