Americanize

We are becoming more Americanised as each day passes.

More than 60% of people think English is becoming more Americanised and 59% wished they could change their accent, mostly to Standard English.

More than 60 per cent of people think British English is becoming more Americanised.

I'm glad to say that the definitions don't appear to be as 'Americanised' as I'd have expected either, but I couldn't work out if that is because I'm so used to hearing Americanised definitions or because there has been a genuine effort made to make this book as universal as possible.

Zoe Wilkins We really are becoming too Americanised.

It's nothing more than Americanised, shallow rubbish.

I think we're all becoming more Americanised where this sort of thing is the norm.

Nethertheless, to me, such blatantly Americanised misuse of language is far more distasteful than seeing aflashof Ms Jackson's right breast.

William H Macy (above) is also miscast in the Americanised version of Shameless US (More 4, 10pm).

Twenty years later, Amir (now played by Khalid Abdalla) has become an Americanised author while the Taliban rules his homeland with an iron fist - even banning kite flying.