BBC News - Viewpoint: Why do some Americanisms irritate people? 
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 Viewpoint: Why do some Americanisms irritate people? 
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      British people are used to the stream of Americanisms entering the language. But some are worse than others, argues Matthew Engel. 
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  Listen to Matthew Engel discuss &039;Americanisms&039; on Four Thought on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday 13 July at 2045 BST 
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   The first class I call Americanisms, by which I understand an use of phrases or terms, or a construction of sentences, even among persons of rank and education, different from the use of #
   The word Americanism, which I have coined for the purpose, is exactly similar in its formation and signification to the word Scotticism. 
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