This post is a nice essay by Rosemarie Ostler about how American English evolved in the new world. It draws on her book, The United States of English, and first appeared in Lapham's Quarterly. Here's a link to the original. She shows how the American version of the language emerged from a variety of sources. Some … Continue reading Rosemarie Ostler: The Early Days of American English
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