Anglophile

An Anglophile is a person who admires or loves England, its people, its culture, its language or its various accents.

In some cases Anglophilia refers to an individual's appreciation of English history and traditional English cultural figures such as William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Samuel Johnson and Gilbert and Sullivan. Anglophilia may also be characterised by a fondness for the British monarchy, its system of government, and other institutions such as Royal Mail, as well as nostalgia for the former British Empire and the English class system. Anglophiles may enjoy English actors, actresses, sport, authors, cars, comedians, fashion, films, magazines, motorcycles, musicians, radio, subcultures, television series and traditions.

Anglophiles may use British English instead of American English, for example writing "colour" instead of "color", "centre" instead of "center" and "traveller" instead of "traveler". In 2012 BBC News Online and The New York Times reported that the United States had recently experienced a notable increase in the use of British English expressions in casual conversation and news reports. The trend, misunderstanding and misuse of these expressions by Americans has become a topic of media interest in the US and the UK. Ben Yagoda, a professor of English at the University of Delaware, stated that the use of British English has "established itself as this linguistic phenomenon that shows no sign of abating". Lynne Murphy, a linguist at the University of Sussex, noted that the trend is more pronounced in the Northeastern United States.