'Separate in name and power': How America reinvented English 13.3%
BBC Future - By David Robson - 7/2/2026, 10:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.2% - Appeal to Authority 9.6% - Overconfidence Bias 8.7%
'Separate in name and power': How America reinvented English From "deadline" to "lituation", from "prairie" to "amirite", America's linguistic independence has transformed the English language with a wealth of new words and phrases – shaping its own cultural identity in the process. Did the founding of the United States of America demand... more