The Great American Dictionary

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Otto Sell wrote:
> 
> Is this distinctively American?
> 
> "Nothing is absolutely correct; nothing is ever incorrect. It is just a
> matter of who uses a word and why."
>  from:  http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/25/arts/25SHEL.html
> 
> Otto

No, not distinctively American: American English, like all
living languages, is not uniform and static but diverse and
dynamic. I think the point is that the new AHD reflects a
broader more Modern, less prescriptive,  approach to the
influences of geography, social class, ethnicity, gender,
and age, as well as  factors internal to the language which
influence the way particular speakers use and  shape and
indeed make American English.