Which is better? British English or American English? Does it depend entirely upon where you’re living or where you’re from or whatever your ears prefer?
Regardless, there is a difference between the two, and though that isn’t necessarily growing or becoming more contentious, there is still a battle among some.
Linguist Lynne Murphy covers a lot of that — including what she calls the "American Verbal Inferiority Complex" and the "British Verbal Superiority Complex" — in her new book, "The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English." Murphy grew up in the United States but is now a professor of Linguistics in England.
