Gobsmacked!: the British invasion of American English
"By the author of the blog Not One-Off Britishisms (NOOB), an account of when, how, and why various British terms and phrases have become part of contemporary American English. Critics and lexicographers have long noted the many differences between British and American English, and British writ...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "By the author of the blog Not One-Off Britishisms (NOOB), an account of when, how, and why various British terms and phrases have become part of contemporary American English. Critics and lexicographers have long noted the many differences between British and American English, and British writers and critics have complained about the invasion of Americanisms since at least the 1700s. More recently, however, a large number of words and phrases once thought to be strictly British English have worked their way into mainstream American writing and speech. Since 2011, Ben Yagoda has maintained a blog, Not One-Off Britishisms, in which he tracks, defines, and discusses British terms and phrases that have entered the American lexicon. In this short, entertaining book he collects his findings, charts the changes, and explores why certain UK expressions have taken hold in the US, sometimes even when a serviceable American equivalent exists. Chapters cover historical NOOBs, military slang, the top 40 NOOBs, insults, sport, food and drink, and faux NOOBs, along with notes on grammar, syntax, and pronunciation. See draft MS in the DAM." |
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Contents Introduction 1 Terminology, Abbreviations, and Resources 10 Chapter 1 Historical NOOBs 16 Chapter 2 Military Slang 30 Chapter 3 Modern NOOBs: The Top 40 54 Chapter 4 Insults and the Naughty Bits 132 Chapter 5 Sport(s) 164 Chapter 6 Food and Drink(s) 179 Chapter 7 Under the Hood: Grammar and Syntax, Spelling, and Pronunciation 193 Chapter 8 Faux NOOBs and Alterations 215 Chapter 9 Bits and Bobs 235 Chapter 10 What Will Happen in (the) Future? 261 UK.-to-US. Words of the Year, as Chosen by Lynne Murphy ■ Af Appendix: Acknowledgments ■ 269 Index: British (and Faux-British) Words and Phrases That Have Entered American English · 271
The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America— from French fries to Awesome, man!— are destroying the English language. But what about the influence going the other way? Britishisms have been mak ing their way into the American lexi con for more than 150 years, but the process has accelerated since the turn of the twenty-first century. From ac claimed writer and language commenta tor Ben Yagoda, Gobsmacked! is a witty, entertaining, and enlightening account of how and why scores of British words and phrases—such as one-off, go missing, curate, early days, kerfuffle, easy peasy, and cheeky—have been enthusiastically taken up by Yanks. After tracing Britishisms that entered the American vocabulary in the nine teenth century and during the world wars, Gobsmacked! discusses the mostused British terms in America today. It features chapters on the American embrace of British insults and curses, sports terms, and words about food and drinks. The book also explores the American adoption of British spell ings, pronunciations, and grammar, and cases where Americans have miscon strued British expressions (for example, CONTINUED ON BACK FLAP
changing can’t be arsed to can’t be asked) or adopted faux-British usages, like pronouncing divisive as “divissive.” Finally, the book offers some guidance on just how many Britishisms an American can safely adopt without coming off like an arse. Rigorously researched and documented but written in a light, conversational style, this is a book that general readers and language obsessives will love. Its revealing account of a surprising and un derrecognized language revolution might even leave them, well, gobsmacked. Ben Yagoda has published more than a dozen books, including Will Rogers: A Biography, About Town: “The New Yorker” and the World It Made; When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse; and The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing. He is professor emeritus of English at the University of Delaware. His blog, Not One-Off Britishisms, has been visited more than 3 million times. |
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