> I think you're projecting your own concerns onto the author It's entirely possible. > which is why the French approach is stupid I think there's some merit

> I think you're projecting your own concerns onto the author It's entirely possible. > which is why the French approach is stupid I think there's some merit to what they do, but it is a bit much. > I do agree with him however that as Brits (and as Canadians in my case) we are losing something valuable by adopting American English unthinkingly and it's worth paying a bit more attention to individually when we use language as a result. I would agree, but would say the author / BBC could have had more tact and not used the headline, "How Americanisms Are Killing the English Language." If a Japanese news outlet ran an article, "How the British have 'watered' tea down for more than 100 years" -- not too many Brits would be excited about reading it.