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Column | These are the most American and most British words, according to our data 250 years later, have Americans taken over the English language? The Department of Data looks at how American English evolved, and what words are still truly American — or truly British.

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1/5: Sadly we’re starting to copy the US, dropping ‘u’s and swapping ‘s’s for ‘z’s. But we still have our snogs, our bollockings, our knobheads, and our wankers. God save the King.

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Beside the point, but for those keeping track here's another AmE "in hospital." @byagoda.bsky.social wrote about the usage last month: notoneoffbritishisms.com/2025/01/31/i... #britishisms

BRITISHISMS written vertical in blue & white, left wall. Background: half British flag, half white, thin white square surrounds 4 alternating blue & red rectangle of various shades each holding a Britishism in white sans text. Rectangles cast shadow to right, resting on British flag in the background. Britishisms are: Tatties Odds In the scud Tatty Answers Below: Tatties: Potatoes. Often heard in neeps and tatties [Scottish] Odds: Loose change. Probably short for odds and sods. In the scud: Naked. [Scottish] Tatty: Scruffy, shabby, neglected.

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BRITISHISMS written vertical in blue & white, left wall. Background: half British flag, half white, thin white square surrounds 4 alternating blue & red rectangle of various shades each holding a Britishism in white sans text. Rectangles cast shadow to right, resting on British flag in the background. Britishisms are: Batty Aled (Up) Podged Pure Bead Answers below: 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Batty: Crazy, eccentric. Aled (Up): Drunk. Podged: Full of food, Pure Bead: Wealthy; Expensive.

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