In 2003, during the lead-up to the Iraq war, usage of the British term 'run-up' by American journalists marked a noticeable shift in language adoption across the pond.
Using Google Books Ngram Viewer, I tracked American usage of terms like 'run-up' that spiked significantly between 2000 and 2005, revealing cultural and linguistic exchanges.
My blog 'Not One-Off Britishisms' began in 2011 to document the increasing adoption of British phrases in American vernacular, echoing a historical tension with language purity.
Since John Witherspoon's complaints in 1781 about Americanism, the trend of British terms permeating American English has sparked ongoing debates about language evolution and identity.
Collection
[
|
...
]