54. British English and American English with Prof. Lynne Murphy

Lynne Murphy, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex, talks to us about some of the differences between American and British English. We discuss her book "The Prodigal Tongue" and her blog "Separated by a Common Language". 

The Prodigal Tongue (US version)

The Prodigal Tongue (UK version)

Separated by a Common Language Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK

The Brigham Young University Corpus of Contemporary English

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