Samuel Adam Walters | Freelance Writer

Do you say film or movie? Press-up or push-up? Take-away or take-out? Brits are unwittingly using American English more and more now. Most of us don't notice or care, but is it changing our outlook as well as just the way we sound? #language #British samueladamwalters.com/post/is-britis…

Have you noticed how American our language in the UK has become recently? I actually heard a little boy in a shop use the word candy the other day. So is British English on the path to extinction? New opinion piece here -- samueladamwalters.com/post/is-britis…

The art that we enjoy is never truly ours as long as its corporate masters can make it disappear, argues @Freelance_Sam thecritic.co.uk/the-dangers-of…

Ever noticed tracks missing from classic albums on Spotify? How about lines altered from novels on your Kindle? New article of mine in @TheCriticMag this morn -- on the hidden perils of streaming and digital media.

@cyrillibrahim @MenswearStyle @CraigLandale You're welcome! Do you agree, by the way? About the general image of the Classical genre in the UK?

Thank you! @MenswearStyle @Freelance_Sam ‘..Ibrahim, though, isn’t that he’s just some well-dressed bloke who happens to play the piano…one of the very few Classical musicians doing what musicians of all other genres seem to dobringing sound and image together.’ @CraigLandale

Do you ever flaunt your six-pack? Put on a gun show? Let the cleavage of your pecs peep out from a low-cut t-shirt? Maybe you couldn't care less? Either way, it's remarkable how the presentation of men’s bodies has shifted in recent decades and how it can affect self-esteem....

@STEcopywriting Oh, that's good. Maybe I'm just ridiculously sensitive to it!

@Freelance_Sam Ooh, interesting! Can’t say I’ve noticed it in the Spanish course. Perhaps course authors have varying degrees of British/American English?

PRACTICE or PRACTISE are so commonly confused! These simple tips will help you remember – and learn – the difference between these #confusables. dld.bz/jBjwJ #EduTwitter #WriterLife

@STEcopywriting Oh, and speaking of American English, I know you're a Duolingo person too. How do you find all the American English? Does it ever bother you? It honestly feels like I'm doing a double translation sometimes: French > American English > English!

@STEcopywriting Oh that's a good one. I nearly always have to look this difference up. ...Or just pretend I'm American. I think the bonus tip is the main tip for me -- just think of advice/advise. Thanks! Might actually remember it now!

Content freshen-up for the listicle age: "The Top Ten Commandments"

@olisharman Nice. I love hearing distant church bells. I also once bought a clock with a loud tick so I could "listen" to time passing. ...Got annoying very quickly though!

@JohnLovesJulie @germany_iam Haha. Do you go for the traditional lederhosen?

When it comes to sartorial styling, is there now too much choice in how to dress? @Freelance_Sam discovers all for @MenswearStyle - menswearstyle.co.uk/2023/01/19/dre… #Menswear #FashionFriday

Should the Classical music world become more image-conscious? Other genres pleasingly intertwine music & image -- Punk, Disco, Hip-Hop, Jazz... so why do Classical musicians have the aesthetic appeal of the school chess club? And does this make it harder to listen? New article...

"A future full of possibilities starts by drinking pure quality water now." That's what my Nestle water bottle tells me. A marvel of marketing emptiness & non-committal! I'm really trying to catch the vibe and get into it though. Tongue poking out the side of my mouth, straining

.@Freelance_Sam laments that the few actual shops still surviving on the high street don’t bother to carry much stock: “As we let more and more shops shut by choosing to do everything online, we strip our communities of life” thecritic.co.uk/Virtual-insani…

"I make no secret of the fact that I’m an introverted type who loves nothing more than to shun the crowd, but even I can see that replacing all our real experiences with virtual ones isn't good for us." My piece for @TheCriticMag on the perils of online shopping is here....

@tokentagnft @TheCriticMag Thank you!