Lynne has been a big inspiration for the work I do on Lost in the Pond. I followed her blog before starting my own, read her book (highly recommend), and even briefly talked shop with her over coffee a few years back.
> English is not the only spoken language in the world; the game was always called football in other languages.
Borrowed word, dude. You really think "le football" is French?
> American English suffers from what's called colonial lag.
Yeah, no. Myth. Fabrication. American English and English English are both changing all the time.
Try cracking a book by a linguist before bullshitting in front of me.
https://www.amazon.com/Prodigal-Tongue-Love-Hate-Relationship-American/dp/0143131109