Your Letters
16:50 UK time, Wednesday, 17 October 2012
That's strange. I have thoroughly searched but the name "Sherlock" does not appear once.
Carl, Crepy, France
Isn't the great majority of the English language a Britishism used by Americans?
David Richerby, Liverpool, UK
In response to the list of American usage of an increasing number of Britishisms, it would be quite interesting to compile a list of more obscure regional variations of words, particularly where definition varies from the UK to US. My girlfriend has always been confused by my use of "wang" (to throw) and using "us" in a singular sense, as in: "Wang us my coat, please." Where I grew up (Lincolnshire) it wasn't uncommon at all, but I have to be increasingly careful not to let slip when at work as my Kenyan colleagues are often completely confused by some of the expressions and idioms I use.
Ross, Nairobi, formerly London and Norwich
Was anyone else as delighted as I was to see Debbie from Essex (Wednesday's letters) breaking out of the confines of stereotyping in such an emphatic manner. I'll get my bra, and then promptly burn it.
Ray, Turku, Finland
Re: the sidebar in this story. Yes, but what have they done for us recently?
MCK, Stevenage
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