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New Thu 27 Sep 12 08:48 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Zero
Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English:

There is little that irks British defenders of the English language more than Americanisms, which they see creeping insidiously into newspaper columns and everyday conversation. But bit by bit British English is invading America too

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686



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New Thu 27 Sep 12 09:16 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - madf
What is wrong with Anglicanisation rather than Britishisation? That's an Americanism.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 10:39 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Manatee
I think Anglicanisation is something religious. And the 'isation' makes it a sort of Bushism.

Anglicising?
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 09:22 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Crankcase
>> everyday conversation. But bit by bit British


Good Lord. Beginning a sentence with a conjunction? I must go for a lie down.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 09:32 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - RichardW
That willl be Queen's English then.... :-)
Last edited by: RichardW on Thu 27 Sep 12 at 09:33
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 09:37 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Cliff Pope
>> >>I must go for a lie down.
>>

Go and lie down, I think. The compound noun "lie down" sounds a bit American to me.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 09:39 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Crankcase
I thought it more Antipodean.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 10:15 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Harleyman
At least the Americans have not complained that it just isn't cricket.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 10:17 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - L'escargot
You can bet your bottom dollar that I'm not going to use any Americanisms.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 12:00 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - madf
If I had my druthers, we'd ban all Americanisms.
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New Thu 27 Sep 12 12:46 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Crankcase
I could care less if we did.
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New Fri 28 Sep 12 03:28 
 Attn: Queens English Pedants. - Armel Coussine
>> ban all Americanisms.

Yeah, creeping gringization just got worse. It's a curse on our tongue unchanged since the days of Ethelred the Unready. That's my two cents' worth.
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