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Divided By a Common Language

Posted on October 17, 2016 by abroadintheusa

  It was likely George Bernard Shaw who, sometime in the early 1940s, first coined that phrase about Britain and America being divided by a common language. (I actually thought it was Winston Churchill until I looked it up.) Whoever … Continue reading →

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Americans Love an English Accent

Posted on October 6, 2016 by abroadintheusa

America is pretty much the only country on the planet where the sound of a British/English accent almost always gets an immediate positive reaction. I’ve lived here for more than three decades and strangers still pick up on the accent … Continue reading →

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