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The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language

The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.
George Bernard Shaw, widely attributed beginning in the 1940s, e.g. Reader’s Digest (November 1942). Not found in his published works.
Variant: The English and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language

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