'We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.' said Oscar Wilde with eyebrow raised toward Webster, Strunk and White

'We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.' said Oscar Wilde with eyebrow raised toward Webster, Strunk and White. Apparently this struck a chord in mid-Atlantic anglophiles, forcing an era of bleating on about ol' Blighty.