Brit Speak for Yanks Back in 1887 Oscar Wilde wrote We have really everything in common with America nowadays except of course language. One would think in a world homogenized by technology and social media that differences between British English and American English would gradually disappear. Ask any recent traveler though and youll learn that plenty of linguistic idiosyncrasies persist and new ones emerge all the time. Folks on both sides of the pond may be in closer touch than ever before bu