Ben Yagoda, an American author and retired professor of English, started writing a blog in 2011 that examined what he called "Not One-Off Britishisms," or NOOBS: examples of British words and usages ...

It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we often forget about, as we ...

It has recently come to my attention that I’m a British citizen. I had no idea. My father, from whom I got my last name and not much else, was born in London and spent the first three or so years of ...