Somehow, the fact that Woodward's testimony was larded with Britishisms _ " at the weekends, " for example _ added to the sense of culture clash that has been one of the subtexts of this trial, which has been followed closely in Britain.
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But tell me this : why does a middle-class white boy from a happy family write about being a flyspeck on life's windscreen ? ( A Britishism he apparently used because it rhymes with ` Abilene .') My point is bigger than that unfortunate couplet ."
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Yagoda has been characterized as not just vehemently critical of the Internet's and other communications technology's erosive effects on language, but ( in the same January 2011 piece in " The Chronicle of Higher Education " ) outspokenly hostile about " Britishisms " entering American English!
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But when he finally explained that a profound respect for privacy ( PRIH-vacy, he pronounced it in one of his frequent Britishisms ) was one of England's major attractions to him in the first place, it seemed small wonder that he would treat an intrusive reporter with reticence.
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A Collective Edition of the film was released in 2004 with new bonus material including; The Bridget Phenomenon, The Young And The Mateless, Portrait Of The Makeup Artist, Domestic and International TV Spots, Bridget Jones : The Edge Of Reason Theatrical Trailer, Bridget Jones's Diary Reviews and A Guide to Bridget Britishism.
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:Oh, hey, yeah, or we'll start talking about them thar Britishisms that alas keep a-creepin'in !;-) ( Hajor's " Rejoice in Diversity " links to the actual policy, if you didn't already look . ) Talk 21 : 43, 5 May 2004 ( UTC)
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:: : Being an American, I think I can say that the phrase " through the looking-glass " is a commonplace part of an American's cultural landscape, much more than " at the back of the wardrobe ", for example, which would be inscrutable on at least two levels to many, and would be recognized as a Britishism by the rest.
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Incidentally, my American friends seem to consider this habit a Britishism & mdash; especially in numbers, as in " dial eight double-zero triple five double twelve " & mdash; so it's interesting that these very well-entrenched examples come from the U . S . As a data point, I have never heard the Canadian Auto Association called the " C double-A ".
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Alistair Cooke rang me up to say, " Do something about seasonable when you mean seasonal . " ( I use the Britishism rang me up instead of phoned because my nonagenarian friend is a BBC stalwart . ) When I wrote recently that a week in January had been " unseasonably warm, " another reader, John Connor, e-mailed : " Shouldn't the word be unseasonally?
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:: I would normally make a distinction between a sandwich and hamburger, hotdogs, etc . To me a sandwich implies sliced bread cut from a loaf, as opposed to other forms of " bread " like buns, pita, etc . Calling anything that is not dessert a " pudding " is a peculiar " Britishism " to me, ( aiui British cuisine includes several savoury " puddings " but most are in fact desserts ).
