The identity of America’s largest ethnic group has long seemed cut and dried. But new data is challenging the conventional ...

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Any native speaker would be compelled to cheer along to 45 proclaiming, "In America, we speak English!" State of the Union: Harris fails to find footing with Muslim voters.

English is a global language, but depending on where it is spoken, the language can differs significantly. British English ...

Philip Gooden: "Americans have taken some British English terms. A couple of examples – “fall” as a word for autumn originated in England and went over to America with the earliest settlers.

In our television series the Story of English we traced the origins of our language and how it spread around the world. That was in the 1980’s, and I’m curious to see how the language has moved on ...

While there were once more than 300 indigenous languages spoken in the U.S., it is thought that only 20 will be spoken in 2050.

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The first English settlers in North America ate indigenous dogs to survive during an intense period of starvation, archaeologists have discovered. Researchers at the University of Iowa uncovered ...

Presenter Melvyn Bragg Starting at Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrim Fathers landed in 1620, Melvyn Bragg follows the development of English in the American colony - from the war of Independence and ...

Once thing is clearer - American English has become the dominant form of the language. So I’m setting out on a journey now to see what’s happening to English in the United States. What answers ...