Why isn't 'American' a Language?

Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by DanBC on Thursday July 16, 2015 @09:56AM (#9897168)

> Much more significant (and confusing) are the idiomatic divergences

There are a bunch of Janus words and phrases. Things like "table a motion" mean totally different things.

But see also moot point which is used similarly in both places, but which also has a specific and different English usage.

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Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by nkoren on Thursday July 16, 2015 @10:49AM (#9897540)

I hadn't run across the concept of "Janus words/phrases" before. It's very apt! Here's another fun musing on the subject, which I read years ago:

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