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British English is dense with set phrases, and a good many of them are opaque to visitors who know every…

Received Pronunciation is the accent most non-British people mean when they say "a British accent". It is spoken by around…

British naming looks familiar to Americans and differs in a number of small ways — in fashion cycles, in the…

"Alright?" is the most common informal greeting in England, and it trips up visitors more than almost anything else in…

British and American English are the same language, and the differences are mostly harmless. A few dozen words, however, mean…

Britain is roughly the size of Oregon and contains dozens of clearly distinct accents. In some parts of the country…