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Murray Kornfeld

JAMA. 1970;212(11):1951-1952.

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Sir Winston Churchill, in a speech delivered at Harvard University in 1943, said: "There is a need for a universal language and progress is being made with a simplified form of the English language."

During the ensuing 27 years, American English, due to international travel, radio, television, and the printed word, has become the means of international communication.

As defined in The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary, American English is the English language as spoken in the United States, with especial reference to pronunciation and vocabulary. William Morris, of the Heritage Publishing Company, in a radio broadcast on Oct 26, 1969, stated that American English is now the accepted language for international communication and that the company's dictionary for overseas consumption reflects this trend.

This has been particularly evident in medicine. To keep abreast of current developments in medical science, both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students have been studying American . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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