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The next etymological dictionary to denote the difference in English spoken among different countries was John Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms published in 1848. It compared the English that had developed in the USA and the English that was being spoken in England. Perhaps the most comprehensive, if not most weightiest is the multivolume Oxford English Dictionary written from 1884 ... ................
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