Mudcat Café message #4012289

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Thread #124681 Message #4012289
Posted By: Joe_F
06-Oct-19 - 09:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit

H. W. & F. G. Fowler, in _The King's English_ (1906), have a section titled "Americanisms", in which they complain, "Mr. Rudyard Kipling...and his school are americanizing us." So long ago, and under such eminent auspices!