In the United States a pressman is a man who runs a printing press; in England he is a newspaper reporter, or, as the English usually say, a journalist.
[ Chapter 4. American and English Today, from H.L. Mencken’s The American Language, 1921. ]
1921 wasn’t so long ago. I wonder when, then, did American English adopt “journalist”?
Also, I’m glad calling American English “American” never really caught on.
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