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- We take a deep dive into American English. It's influences from native American, immigrants from across the world, slaves, religion and more. We'll discuss how Americans have changed the way we speak English around the world. We'll discuss vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar differences and look at some American idioms with an interesting history,
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00:00 HARRY POTTER
03:18 A Word about terminology
04:58 New continent, new vocabulary
09:41 Religion in the new world
12:48 Obsolete in Britain, still used in US
15:17 British and American False Friends
16:27 Brits who hated American English
17:37 Grammar differences
18:50 Pronunciation differences
23:06 Spelling differences and Noah Webster
25:32 5 American idioms
28:54 Conclusions
29:43 Other videos on this topic
Photo Credits
Algonquian
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Chipmunk
By Rhododendrites - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117125635
German immigrants
Abdullah Ali Abbasi, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Von Bundesarchiv, Bild 137-005795 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5337551
By JohnnyReb67 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26098486
Get my book:
Middlechester Chronicles and the Story of Idioms: A witty and satirical look at 347 English idioms and their origins told through stories
To read the first chapter free and purchase the book go to aunty.co.uk
===
- We take a deep dive into American English. It's influences from native American, immigrants from across the world, slaves, religion and more. We'll discuss how Americans have changed the way we speak English around the world. We'll discuss vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar differences and look at some American idioms with an interesting history,
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#historyofenglish
00:00 HARRY POTTER
03:18 A Word about terminology
04:58 New continent, new vocabulary
09:41 Religion in the new world
12:48 Obsolete in Britain, still used in US
15:17 British and American False Friends
16:27 Brits who hated American English
17:37 Grammar differences
18:50 Pronunciation differences
23:06 Spelling differences and Noah Webster
25:32 5 American idioms
28:54 Conclusions
29:43 Other videos on this topic
Photo Credits
Algonquian
CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72725278
Chipmunk
By Rhododendrites - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117125635
German immigrants
Abdullah Ali Abbasi, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Von Bundesarchiv, Bild 137-005795 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5337551
By JohnnyReb67 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26098486
