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It's because of cultural influences such as Hollywood.
by Egregore 13y ago
It's because of cultural influences such as Hollywood.
- gadders 13y agoOh, I understand why it is, but it doesn't stop me complaining :-) I'm starting to feel some sympathy with the Academie Francaise [1]. At least the US English <--> British English traffic in terms of idioms isn't all one way [2] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19929249 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19929249