Why are American foods in a different language to UK English?

Britain and the US share a common language – but English is spoken and spelled very differently on either side of the Atlantic. ... Since then, American English has been evolving, influenced by other languages, culture and technology. As the ... Then British English started changing in ways American didn't. read more

Dr Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of 1755 was one of the first codifications of English in the UK and helped standardise the language across the country. However, English in the US continued in its original form and developed in its own way until Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. read more

The language that Americans and Brits share is a bit like that—spoken differently in the two locations, but understandable by both groups of speakers. According to the Legends of America website, inhabitants of the New World first noticed that their English was different about one hundred years after settling Jamestown. read more