The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English by Lynne Murphy

The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English

Lynne Murphy with Pam Ward (Narrator)

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"If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American." "English accents are the sexiest." "Americans have ruined the English language." "Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English." Such claims about the English languag...

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