Do You Speak American? By Robert MacNeil
Have you ever wondered why the English language varies so much across our country? Where different expressions come from? How our language has deviated so much from the British counterpart? Check out this book!

I read this in one sitting, since I had to keep myself occupied at airports from Portland to LA, via San Francisco. It’s super engaging and it’s very easy to understand. I think it helps that the authors are NOT linguists. If you are at all interested in American English, I would recommend it, especially if you’ve tried to read books on the history of English before and been overwhelmed by linguistic terms.

This book is the print companion to the PBS film series, which we have available in Music & Media.

-Lindsay