Mea Culpa: Juicy Americanisms add vigour and vitality to the language

  • 📰 The Independent
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 59%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

John Rentoul addresses questions of style and usage in last week’s Independent

expands its US-based operations, we will find more American expressions in our pages. While we try to maintain British English for our style, spelling defence with a “c”, for example, we do not want to translate every idiom into a British equivalent. This means some British readers will come across phrases with which they are unfamiliar.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Я вам не верю

yeah we fixed the language you created and screwed up USA

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 80. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Berger & Wyse on accounting – cartoonAdds up...
Source: Lifestyle - 🏆 131. / 51 Read more »

George Osborne claims he danced with 'normal-sized' Jennifer Lawrence at Oscars after-party‘She probably doesn’t remember it,’ the former Conservative MP added Poor thing. I bet she's still scarred. Wtf does “normal size” even mean Irrelevant politicians gonna irrelevant.
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »

Sophie, Countess of Wessex body language shows how she won over 'wary' Prince PhilipSOPHIE, COUNTESS OF WESSEX, 55, joined the Royal Family when she married Prince Edward, 56, in 1999. Since then, a body language expert revealed how she overcame 'wariness' from Prince Philip to form a close relationship. TeamCambridge2 Love her You really do print a lot of bullsh*t
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

Zara Tindall body language shows 'dominant but protective' relationship with CharlesZARA TINDALL, 39, is the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. A body language expert revealed why she has a close relationship with a surprising member of the Royal Family.
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

Letters: So much for leaving the EU to forge juicy trade deals all over the world. What will we do now?Please send your letters to lettersindependent.co.uk 😂🤡 What now? Here’s a canoe, take these oars, and over there’s the proverbial creek. What now? Here’s a canoe, and over there’s the proverbial creek, so...get paddling!
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »

Barack Obama poised to add his star appeal to Joe Biden's campaignThe former president is the most popular politician in America and can bolster the Democratic nominee with key groups and drive voter registration Lol 😂 Will Obama helping Joe Biden make a big difference in his campaign? AsktheWorld Yeah....that helped Cameron with his 'back of the queue' quip.
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »