23.8.13

Did the British or the Americans ruin the language?

Dr Samuel Johnson
Eighteenth-century lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson believed Americans to be 'a race of convicts'.

Who ruined English: Brits or Yanks? Kory Stamper explores the issues here: gu.com/p/3t8bn/tw

(via @MatthewRudkin1)

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