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Differences between how English is used on one side of the Atlantic compared with on the other side; specifically, the difference between Canadian and American English on one side and Irish and British English on the other.
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The difference between 'purview' and 'remit' (BrE/AmE)?
Following up on user2922582's answer, I note that The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fifth edition (2011) has the same two definitions for remit as a noun that appear in the onl …
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UK English: Do y'all use "buzzard" to mean "a contemptible or rapacious person"?
'Buzzard' in British slang
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, second edition (1938) offers this entry for buzzard:
buzzard. A stupid, ignorant, foolish, gullible pe …
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“Programming” versus “programing”: which is preferred?
You may have noticed that "programmed" and "programming" stand as an exception to the usual tendency for final consonant doubling to occur in two-syllable words only when the second syllable is stress …
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When did Americans begin to use “practice” instead of “practise”?
Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1756) spells the verb practise and the noun practice. Johnson also includes entries for the related noun forms practisant, practiser, and practiti …
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"I've gotten better-looking as I get older" When did "gotten" re-enter the BrEng vernacular?
As of 2003, gotten was not approved for general British literary use by the Oxford University Press. Here is the relevant entry in The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, a book that constitute …
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Why did "sceptical" become "skeptical" in the US?
Early 'scepticks' and 'skepticks'
The earliest occurrence of sceptical (or skeptical) that I've been able to find in an English dictionary is in Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, or a G …
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punctuation: chicken-fried steak
Frederic Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English (1985) spells the term with a hyphen, although it acknowledges at least one variant spelling:
chicken-fried steak n Also chicken-fry steak ch …
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Why does the term "gondola" refer to BOTH a Venetian canal boat AND an enclosed lift up a mo...
The Venetian gondola appears (in italics, signifying a recently foreign, not altogether naturalized word) in Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1756):
GONDOLA. s. {gondole, Fren …
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Is the verb ‘recollect’ used in American English? How is it different from ‘remember’?
Remember and recollect are actually not as closely comparable as recollect and recall, so it seems reasonable to consider how different reference works deal with each of these three terms.
Webster's D …
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Is the proper spelling “judgment” or “judgement”?
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To judge from the Ngram chart for judgement (blue line) versus judgment (red line) for the period 1675–2008, judgment has been the more common spelling for more than 300 years:
Th …
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Using "from" instead of "since" when referring to a date
In idiomatic U.S. English, people generally do not use "from" in the sense of "beginning [in or on]" in situations where the timing is open-ended (that is, in situations where the speaker or writer do …
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Why does American English still write "glamour" with a "u"?
Whether Noah Webster knew the word glamour or not, he didn't include it in any of the Webster's dictionaries published during his lifetime. This circumstance is somewhat surprising given that, accordi …
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How did "biscuit" come to have a distinct meaning in North American English?
A look at early (pre-1800) English dictionaries points to a possible source of confusion early in the career of biscuit. Two dictionaries—Edward Phillips & John Kersey, The New World of Words: Or, Uni …
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