We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
Source: The Canterville Ghost, ch. 1 (first published in Court and Society Review, (London) 23 Feb and 2 Mar 1887).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.