A review by kimberley_ash
The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English by Lynne Murphy

5.0

Well, Lynne Murphy doesn't need me to tell her how brilliant this book is. Her resume (cv) speaks for itself. Unlike many others, though, who aim for humour at the cost of the truth (sorry Bill Bryson, love you, bought all your books anyway), this book really spells out how ridiculous all our myths about the differences between American and British English are. There's so much information here that like Kate Morton's Watching the English, I'll be dipping into this book for years.