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- noun Plural form of
Englishism .
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Examples
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A few people have spotted Englishisms in Accidents Waiting to Happen and they are there.
May 2007 2007
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A few people have spotted Englishisms in Accidents Waiting to Happen and they are there.
Royale With Cheese 2007
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BTW, are Americans allowed to be amused by stilted Englishisms, or is “English” English always to be treated as the reference standard?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Most Commonly Misspelled Phrases: 2007
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By Jove -- and Dundee lapsed into one of the Englishisms he had picked up during his six months 'work in England as a tyro in the records department of Scotland Yard, before he had come to Hamilton to make a humble beginning as a cub detective on the
Murder at Bridge Anne Austin
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Swept by an emotion stronger than himself, his acquired Englishisms went by the board.
The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler
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Take, for example, Fonseca's pronunciation for one of his most creative Englishisms-the eatable Some wigs.
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When I’m with American friends, I’ll slip into my Englishisms, but I’ll play it straight when I’m with strangers.
May 2007 2007
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When I’m with American friends, I’ll slip into my Englishisms, but I’ll play it straight when I’m with strangers.
Royale With Cheese 2007
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