The 'Founding Fathers' would find that absolutely insulting. I'm no fan of America, but American English -the vocabulary of which is slowly replacing UK usage- is going to be dominant, like it or not. No one anymore ever talks about a drunk being 'pissed', and a recent billboard regarding dental issues remarked (for a female) 'I can't believe I'm wearing braces!'passthesalt wrote: Presumably, Americans would be off the hook for this tax - as Henry Higgins pointed out, Americans haven't spoken English for years.....
Totally American. So my Saville Row suit with braces is more properly accessorized as suspenders?
What will America next do to us? Deprive us of the language of the BCP? Is the Church of England heading for extinction in an American based Episcopal Church? Will parishes mean nothing anymore? Hollywood will destroy everything we hold most dear.
I love my England so much, America will kill it.