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American English
noun
- the English language as spoken and written in the U.S.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of American English1
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Not helping matters: the fact that everyone speaks in unaccented American English.
I also conduct a blog about British expressions (like “bits” and “went missing”) that have become popular in American English.
Whether you think "An Historical Investigation" (the cover copy) is acceptable American English is between you and your maker.
And the more these jobs require speaking recognizably American English, the bigger advantage Americans have in getting them.
Originated as a British word, but we adopted it into American English almost immediately.
His going gives you and the President and everybody a capital chance to help me keep our good American-English understanding.
The "nasal twang" is very noticeable in some forms of American English.
English English they certainly were not; American English as little.
And, unlike American English, it tends to waver up and down the scale.
In one sense, the American English is older than the Australian.
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