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First presentation for the workshop British and American Culture
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Marcel KocxElroy Keuris
• The most used: RUN!• Wasn’t it “set”?• 1928• Verb form• 645 meanings -> New record!
Run… on what? “Run for… office” “Set” is England, old and fusty. “Run” is
America, new and cool.
Scrid: how Google changes American dialect Influence of farmers Dialect: go!
They; modern English Refer to… me?
Etiquette in e-mail Trying to attract attention Other ways To much Normal
Example President’s Day A Single president Mistakes with it’s and its Apostrophe disappears
English not good enough Reccomendation by linguist No precedent Struck from ballat Lega; battle continues
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