Our country gave the world the English language, though nowadays you would not think it!
Thanks to the ever-encroaching American culture, our native language is changing, and not for the better. There are very few British-made children's programmes shown on TV, and our children are force fed a diet of glitzy, American rubbish, and its attendant American slang, and it is creeping into our national language.
Now, we are seeing buns (remember buns, the little cakes in a paper cup?) referred to instead by their American name of "cupcakes". Pushchairs are now called "strollers" or "buggies". Increasingly, toilets are being referred to as "bathrooms" (by definition, a room can't be a bathroom unless it has a bath in it!) The irritating word "airplane" is increasingly being used instead of aeroplane, and instead of vets or veterinary surgeons, we are seeing the tacky word "veterinarians" used more often. You don't live in a flat any more, you live in an "apartment".
How long before wardrobes are "closets", taps are "faucets", nappies are "diapers", trousers are "pants", handbags are "purses", biscuits are "cookies", crisps are "chips", chips are "fries"...The irritating list goes on and on.
And how long before our own spellings are ditched instead of American ones? Colour becomes "color", flavour becomes "flavor" and favourite becomes "favorite"? English language spellings have been fluid throughout the ages, but never before have they been obliterated purely and simply to replace them suddenly with a foreign equivalent!
