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Originally Posted by Philly  Hi Bob
In your opinion, what percentage of Brits think that way (I mean the avoiding of "Americanisms" and the drawing of lines)? Considering that English is a language that so happily absorbs so many words from so many languages, that really is quite an inexplicable mindset. What about Americans saying e.g. "fall" instead of "autumn"? What do people make of that in the UK? 
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I lie in wait for people condemning 'fall' as an Americanism. It was introduced by the Pilgrim Fathers.
Many dialects of current English in the British Isles use the word 'fall'.
Percentage-wise, I guess it's not huge - single figures, maybe less than one. And maybe my view is exagerrated, as I'm more conscious of etymology than most. Still, this inexplicable mindset does exist.
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