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This tag is for questions related to the English language as used in the United States of America.
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Are constructions like "That's me out, then" primarily British rather than American?
In America, the phrase, "That's me out, then" with slight variations, relates directly to card playing, usually folding in poker. So, originally, the references (object?) of "that's" was quite clear i …
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Is there an American English dialect that sounds as "distingushed" as British English?
There was some discussion about this some years ago because some Brits got upset because it seemed that most of the powerful villain characters (like James Bond villains, ironically) usually had upper …