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British vs. American English
ACCENT / PRONUNCIATION
UK
Eye-thuh
VIT-a-min
mo-BILE
tuh-MAR-toe
SEM-eye
w-e-ö
h-e-ö
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US
VITE-a-min
MO-bul
tuh-MAY-toe
SEM-ee
w-e-r
h-e-r
th-e-r
Some audio files(click here)
GRAMMAR
have got/have
I have got a dog / I have a dog
Past forms of the words
bust/busted
Leant/leaned
spilt/spilled
wake/woked
Prepositions
UK - at the weekend
US - on the weekend
UK - write to
US - write (to)
UK-have/take a shower
US-take a shower
Past
Americans use past s. to talk about action that has effect on the present time
British people use present perfect to talk about actiobs that has effect on the present time
Quotation marks
US - 'something'
UK - "something"
UK
Mr Jones
Larch St
Dr Evil
US
Mr. Jones
Larch St.
Dr. Evil
SPELLING
-ze(US);-se(UK)
analyse realise (UK)
analyze realize (US)
-or/-our
color
neighbor(
colour , neighbour
l/ll
travelled, travelling (UK)
traveled, traveling (US)
-ence / -ense
defence (UK)
defense (US)
-ogue / - og
analogue (UK)
analog / analogue (US)
-er/ -re
center meter (US)
centre metre (UK)
VOCABULARY
Different meaning
Football
first floor
Rubber
chips
trainers
Different form
Biscuit/cookie
Film/movie
porridge/oatmeal
car park/parking lot
(UK)elevator/lift(US)
(UK)chips/french fries(US)
gas station/petrol station
courgette/zucchini
bin/trash can
motorway/highway
timetable/schedule
holiday/vacation
autumn / fall
block of flat / apartment bulding
driving licence / driver's license
mad / crazy, insane
Word
vitamin
mobile
tomato
semi
where
here
there
UK
US
Either
haha
funny meme
Examples
Ee-thuhr