lost in translation

I am an American writer and former book editor living in London. I'm fascinated by the cultural differences between England and America, especially as they are expressed through language. My book, THAT'S NOT ENGLISH: Britishisms, Americanisms and What Our English Says About Us is available in the US and the UK from Penguin Random House.

Email: erin@ erinmoorebooks.com

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I love a good lost-in-translation moment, and this one's a beauty. "Pants" in British English means underwear. And this is what happens...

I now pronounce you... A local.

Last weekend, this showed up on my Facebook feed and I can't resist sharing... In this episode of Anglophenia ("British culture with an...

First review for That's Not English

My book, That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms and What Our English Says About Us will be published in the U.S. at the end of...

Posh People: Compliments are “Creepy”

Last Monday, 1.49 million people in the UK tuned in to a new BBC documentary called Posh People: Inside Tatler. Tatler is a magazine with...

Lost in Translation: You Call This a Heat Wave?

The weather is really nice in London today. I was surprised when I opened the newspaper over that rarest of treats—an al fresco lunch—to...

Lost in Translation

Walking to work the other day, I noticed this sign on the side of a bus shelter on Oxford Street. It's advertising Tesco's low, low price...

Lost in Translation

Feast your eyes on Pret a Manger’s “freshly whizzed” ad campaign… In England, “whizzed” means “blended.” In America it means… Well. Let’s...