barmpot
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From my recollection of language studies, admittedly many years ago, I think US English started from about 1620 when the Mayflower set sail and the colonisation started. Some of our words such as 'colour' had the 'u' added in the 17th century because it looked more fanciful and hinted at a French style of spelling, and that was seen as a good thing. Regrettably all the academic books I had for this have gone as have all the university notes so I am relying on memory, but the two languages have developed differently over the last 400 years.
An example of the language changing over time would be the Authorised Version of the Bible which dates back to 1611 and there are some words which are not in common parlance these days - also seen in the Book of common Prayer which although dated 1662 contains a lot from 1552. The phrase 'the quick and the dead' meaning the 'alive and the dead' - I do not think quick is often used in this manner these days although the term 'quicksilver' retains the idea of a moving metal (old term for mercury) but I guess even that is not much in evidence these days.
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Desperate numerous attempts were made to save it, but it couldn't power up. Goodnight, faithful one - Been with me since 23 June 2010.
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