Today is publication day for the book based on this blog, Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English.
The blog and the book have truly been labors of love, and I can’t think of any better way to celebrate than by reprinting the first paragraph of the book’s Acknowledgments.
My biggest thanks go to the readers of my blog Not One-Off Britishisms, who took to it with enthusiasm, kept on reading, and inspired me to keep it going lo these fourteen years. And a special thank you to the commenters, who (almost) unfailingly have clever and interesting things to say, who gently correct me when I make a misstep, and who have provided many ideas for posts. The most prolific voice belongs to Paul Dormer, who has commented 363 times as of this writing; shout-outs also to Anthony, David Ballard, cameron, David Griggs, Hal Hall, Arthur Jack, popegrutch, Catherine Rose, and Nick L. Tipper.
Cheers to you all. Hopefully, it’s still early days for this enterprise, and it can go from strength to strength.
notoneoffbritishisms.com 
Congrats (well done)! I will look for it in a local bookstore (bookshop).
Well done! I can’t speak for the lot of us, but I am effing chuffed, mate. Seriously, this is excellent news, Ben. With any luck, this book will sell millions and stem the tide. Hmm, but then we wouldn’t have your new entries to look forward to. It’s a toss up, if decidedly not a toss.
BTW, Nelboscofc above is David Ballard. For some reason, Messrs and Mesdames WordPress decided I should go by part of my email address, not my name.
Congratulations! I just got updated delivery information for the two copies I ordered! Looking forward to them! (One is a gift for my youngest sister – an American – who, the rare times we see each other, loves to ridicule the Brishisms/Canadianisms I’ve picked up in my 50 years of living in Toronto. She particularly hates “peckish.”)
Good on ya, Ben!
Terry Murray, Toronto
My copy arrived today! Congratulations, Ben!!!🎉🎉🎉
Who needs academic renown when you have your work reproduced in The Guardian? 🙂
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/sep/26/other-british-invasion-how-uk-language-conquered-the-us
Interesting to see The Grauniad filed the extract under science rather than culture.
Good grief, I’ve been acknowledged! Looks like I was the only one who didn’t tell you his right name, but maybe that’s for the best…
Wow, so have I. I hadn’t realised I was so prolific.
Washington Post review of Ben’s book: https://wapo.st/4eQcJiH
It is favorable, in case you had any doubt about that.
Belated congratulations Ben! I will order a copy for me and the missus, and another as an Xmas pressie for whoever is most deserving. Xmas could be an early Noob by the way, though I bet Brits think it came over from the US.
‘Crumpet’ may soon be on your radar – it’s discussed by Americans near the bottom of the page linked below, along with Polari words like ‘jarry’:
(Quote): Polari’s afterlife has also expanded beyond the U.K. The Brooklyn-based queer food journal Jarry, which published six issues between 2015 and 2018, employed the term for eating (food or otherwise) as its title, said to derive from the Italian “mangiare,” to eat.
https://www.eater.com/23188428/polari-food-words-queer-history-britain