American English folk, meanwhile, tend to prefer the more plain Anglo-Saxon way of speaking and spelling. Welcome, once again, to the world's oddest linguistic couple.

In 2018, my Australian co-worker asked me, "Hey, how are you going?" My response—"I am taking a bus"—was met with a smirk. I had recently moved to Australia. Despite studying English for more than 20 ...

An American mum named Gerby documented her realisation when she learned that she'd been pronouncing her son's name wrong for ...

From THE PRODIGAL TONGUE: The Love-Hate Relationship between American and British English by Lynne Murphy, published on April 10, 2018 by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a ...

Eric Larson wanted to be in Northern Ireland to help Harris English at The Open, but a drug charge from 30 years ago stopped ...

People have been left in stitches after American readers revealed what confused them in the Harry Potter books ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and the U.K. are sharing the excitement as an American actress marries a British prince. And though our countries share a language, communicating with one another can ...

When an American publisher buys the rights to publish a British novel, the cheapest and easiest tactic is to buy the book’s “films”: a digital version of the printed page and its layout.

Some British stars, like Idris Elba, Millie Bobby Brown, and Christian Bale, are so good at accents they fooled fans into thinking they're American.