An American Learns English COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

An American Learns English COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY DAVID CAMPBELL It’s a sentiment often repeated, and for good reason: “England and America are two nations divided by a common language.” As an American who has spent considerable time on your scepter’d isle, I can confirm this is not just a witticism, but a daily reality. Like many Yanks, my initial lexicon was gleaned from British television imports and the Harry Potter films. I arrived armed with the basics: a ‘bobby’ for a policeman, the ‘…