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Posted on May 20, 2017September 28, 2020

Americanisms in British English. Love them or loathe them, they’re here to stay. And we love them.

  On Saturday 20 May 2017, the well-known British word buff (orig. U.S.)  Susie Dent presented an excellent and engaging program(me) on BBC Radio 4 about…

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