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US · 3 hrs ago

How American English evolved from its British roots

How did American English become so distinctly American? On her "In Pursuit of Happiness" podcast, Judy Woodruff sat down with linguists Anne Curzan and Valerie Fridland. They look at how Americans from the very beginning reshaped the English language by changing pronunciations and spellings, creating new words and evolving dialects.
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