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American Language by H. L. Mencken

"It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work, all the time, to read the more important English novels, essays, poetry and criticism. An American born and bred, I early noted, as everyone else in like case must note, certain salient differences between the English of England and the English of America as practically spoken and written—differences in vocabulary, in syntax, in the shades and habits of idiom, and

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08:58
Preface
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09:52
Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 1The Diverging Streams
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19:30
Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 2 The Academic Attitude
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16:11
Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 3 The View of Writing Men
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04:37
Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 4 Foreign Observers
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Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 5 The Characters of...
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Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 6 The Materials of...
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11:02
Ch2 The Beginnings of American Pt 1 In Colonial Days
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11:29
Ch2 The Beginnings of American Pt 2 Sources of Early...
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17:36
Ch2 The Beginnings of American Pt 3 New Words of...
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07:23
Ch2 The Beginnings of American Pt 4 Changed Meanings
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07:40
Ch2 The Beginnings of American Pt 5 Archaic English...
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11:32
Ch2 The Beginnings of American Pt 6 Colonial...
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21:57
Ch3 The Period of Growth Pt 1 The New Nation
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09:44
Ch3 The Period of Growth Pt 2 The Language in the Making
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34:16
Ch3 The Period of Growth Pt 3 The Expanding Vocabulary
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29:23
Ch3 The Period of Growth Pt 4 Loan-Words
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06:52
Ch3 The Period of Growth Pt 5 Pronunciation
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18:29
Ch4 American and English Today Pt 1 The Two Vocabularies
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40:53
Ch4 American and English Today Pt 2 Differences in Usage
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