Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

Why Americans are increasingly fond of British English

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November 26, 2024 5:30am

15m

Australians and Brits like to complain about the "Americanisation" of the English language, but Professor Ben Yagoda says that language has in fact been flowing more obviously the other way. In recent decades, Americans have adopted countless British (and Australian) expressions, from "gobsmacked" to "gone missing", and "dodgy" to "done and dusted".