# American Language Supplement 1

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- Book: [American Language Supplement 1](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken/american-language-supplement-1) ([American Language Supplement 1.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken/american-language-supplement-1.md))
- Authors: [H.L. Mencken](https://www.bookquiver.com/hl-mencken)
- Publisher: knopf
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0780-878-3
- Published: 2012-02-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Perhaps the first truly important book about the divergence of American English from its British roots, this survey of the language as it was spoken-and as it was changing-at the beginning of the 20th...