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DifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish
Differencesinvocabulary
Whenitcomestovocabulary,AmericanEnglishdiffersignificantlyfromBritishEnglish.Sometimesthesamewordhasdifferentmeaning.Therearealsodifferentwordswiththesamemeaning.Afewexamplesaregivenbelow.
AmericanEnglishAirplaneApartment
AreacodeAttorney,lawyerBusy
Cab/taxiCanCandyCheck/bill
Cookie,crackerCorn
CribCrazyDiaper
Dumb,stupidElevatorEraser
Fall,autumnFaucet,tap
Firstfloor,secondfloorFlashlight
FrenchfriesGarbage,trash
Garbagecan,trashcanGas,gasolineHighway,freewayHood
IntersectionMad
MailMean
Movie,filmPants,trousersPavementPitcher
BritishEnglish
Aeroplane
Flat/apartmentDiallingcodeBarrister,solicitorEngaged(phone)Taxi
TinSweetsBillBiscuitMaizeCotMadNappyStupidLift
Rubber,eraserAutumn
Tap
Groundfloor,firstfloorTorch
ChipsRubbish
Dustbin,rubbishbinPetrol
Mainroad,motorwayBonnet
CrossroadsAngry
PostNastyFilmTrousers
RoadsurfaceJug
PotatochipsPurse
RaiseRailroadRestroom
Schedule,timetableSneakers
StandinlineStingyStore,shopSubwayTruck
Trunk
StandinlineTwoweeksVacationWindshieldZee
StandinlineZipper
CrispsHandbagRise(salary)RailwayPublictoiletTimetable
Trainers(sportsshoes)Queue
MeanShop
UndergroundVan,lorryBoot(ofacar)Queue
Fortnight,twoweeksHoliday(s)Windscreen
ZedQueueZip
DifferencebetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish
Differencesinusage
Abbreviations
WeusuallywriteabbreviationswithoutfullstopsinmodernBritishEnglish.Fullstops(US憄eriods )arenormalinAmericanEnglish.
Mr(USMr.)=MisterDr(USDr.)=Doctor
Ltd(USLtd.)=Limited(company)Kg(USkg.)=kilogram
Allandallof
Beforeanounwithadeterminer(e.g.the,this,my),allandallofarebothpossibleinBritishEnglish.AmericanEnglishusuallyhasallof.
Shehaseatenall(of)thecake.(GB)
Shehaseatenallofthecake.(US)
All(of)myfriendslikeriding
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