Jay Doubleyou: americanisms in british english

It seems that American English is everywhere - even in the UK:

We can be positive:

Let's be smart, and reach out to Americanisms - The New European

Or not:

How Americanisms are killing the English language - BBC Culture

The New European's language columnist Peter Trudgill looks at how much US English is in UK English - but also vice versa:

A brief case for Americanisms

Many of us now use words imported from across the pond, like ’truck’ instead of ’lorry’. But the traffic isn’t only one-way...

As I was growing up in the 1950s, I was unaware that I was unwittingly using words that previous generations had considered to be Americanisms. What I called a battery had previously been known as an accumulator; my father had originally called his briefcase a portfolio. And I have written evidence in my teenage diaries that, without being aware of what I was doing, I stopped saying wireless and started saying radio some time after 1960.

Now I am very aware, as younger people presumably are not, that some words and phrases currently being employed by many British people were until recently employed only by Americans...

A brief case for Americanisms - The New European

Here's an interesting list:

Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

And here's a very charming piece:

The Americanisation of the English language: a frightfully subtle affair

But it works the other way:

Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English - BBC News

'Britishisms' Creeping into American English | Live Science

13 Britishisms That Have Invaded American English | HuffPost UK Home & Living