Rule Britannia

[doodab]

BBC News - Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English

Lovely article about British English words that are catching on in the US, and it tells us who to blame for some of the horrors that are coming back the other way.

Lexicographer, author and editor Noah Webster was born in Connecticut in 1758
Believed spellings were needlessly complicated, and tried to simplify them
Many changes were adopted into American English - "traveled", "defense" and "color", for example
He also wanted to change "women" to "wimmen" and "tongue" to "tung", but neither was adopted

[mudskipper]

BBC News - Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English

Lovely article about British English words that are catching on in the US, and it tells us who to blame for some of the horrors that are coming back the other way.

The Yanks didn't have gingers? Good to know Harry Potter is good for something.

[Sysman]

He also wanted to change "women" to "wimmen" and "tongue" to "tung", but neither was adopted

He'd still have got those wrong.

It's wimmin. And in Lancashire it's tongg.

[escapeUK]

He's still have got those wrong.

It's wimmin. And in Lancashire it's tongg.

I prefer the term bird and use it regularly.