Dileri Borunda Johnston

Another quick read at a bookstore. Though written for British English speakers new to the U.S., I read this as a now-native speaker of American English who used to live in Australia. I ended up learning a good deal about British English (and some about American English). Overall, it was an interesting read and brought my attention to a number of differences I hadn't ever realized. It would be a useful addition to a reference library for teachers of English as a foreign language, and it might be of interest to linguistics students for highlighting dialectal differences, as well as to anyone studying Anglophone cultural differences. There are a few errors here and there (or maybe the language has changed, or California English is different than the American English discussed here), but they are relatively minor, and overall the content is quite accurate and relevant, despite the book being now 13 years old.… (mehr)