The A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 1880-1956 creator text utu 2013 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The American Language" by H. L. Mencken is a book published in 1919 that examines English as spoken in the United States. Inspired by street argot and Mark Twain, Mencken defended American speech against British critics who dismissed it as a corruption of proper English. He argued that American English was more colorful and creative than its counterpart across the Atlantic. The work explores American variations, names, and slang, challenging prescriptive grammar rules and celebrating how language evolves independently of textbooks. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Language Release date is 2013-08-01 Produced by Bruce Albrecht, RichardW and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified English language Americanisms Names -- United States Names, Personal -- United States PE Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43376 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43376 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134008.0 43376