American English has now had nearly 250 years to cement its independence from its across-the-pond progenitor. Have we used that time wisely? We figured it would be fun and easy to celebrate our ...

It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we often forget about, as we ...

Grammar expert June Casagrande was recently surprised to learn she is a British citizen, thanks to her father. She took a ...

The English language is a vast, ever-changing sea, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the United Kingdom. While the US and the UK may share a language, the everyday conversation can sound like ...

Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English. By Ben Yagoda. Princeton University Press; 288 pages; $24.95 and £20 British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into the ...