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Could James Bond be played by an American actor? Are there any red-haired Brits? Pecularities of the American and British variety of English are not as hard and fast as one generally assumes. In this episode we start reflecting on how American and British English are influencing one another – in the media and otherwise. How to speak American with the Harry Potter cast This also works the other way around. Watch how Daniel Radcliffe and his wizard friends try themselves at \"speaking American\".

A very short podcast on Christmas Eve to wish all our listeners a Merry Christmas and send you a little puzzling present. Roger\'s Cryptic Christmas Crossword Roger compiled a cryptic crossword as a present to all you puzzling fans out there. Stay tuned for the solution that we\'ll publish along with our next episode.

No, we are not talking about flying flags today. After a question in class, Peter asks Roger why many people still consider British English the only proper standard, despite the fact that there are a lot more American speakers of English. Noah Webster A Wikipedia article about the \"father\" of American English Merriam-Webster The online dictionary in succession to Webster\'s original product John Witherspoon If you are familiar with actress Reese Witherspoon, read up on her ancestor here, who is mentioned in this episode and played an important role in the history of American English and also for the States themselves.