BRITISH ENGLISH VS AMERICAN

ENGLISH
(John Witherspoon,1781)
IDENTITY
RULES
CUSTOM
Context
PRONOUNCIATION
 LIST OF DIFFERENCES
• WRITING:
BRITISH: AMERICAN:
colour color
neighbour neighbor
favourite favorite
centre center
litre liter
theatre theater
fiber fibre
organise organize
• PRONOUNCIATION:
BRITISH : AMERICAN:
Clerk (kla:k) (kle:k)
Either(aidhe) (i:dhe)
Neither(naidhe) (ni:dhe)
• Items of word:
BRITISH: AMERICAN:
lorry truck
by post by mail
aeroplane airplane
angry mad
autumn fall
luggage baggage
stupid dumb
• BRITISH: AMERICAN:
basement basement
Ground floor 1st floor
1st floor 2nd floor
2nd floor 3rd floor
3rd floor 4th floor

basement, cellar basement

 GRAMMAR:
(B): The children are playing in the street
(A): The children are playing on the street

(B): He is ill
(A): He is sick

(B): It’s twenty miles’ trip

(A): It’s a twenty mile trip
• (B): Mind the dog.
• (A): Watch out for the dog

• (B): Have I got to work now?

• (A): Do I have to work now?

• (B): I have no money about me

• (A): I have no money with me
 SOME EXPRESSIONS :
-BRITISH: -AMERICAN:
That’s all right You’re welcome
Not at all Sure
Hello Hii!
Cheerio See you
Morning(1.30) morning(12.00)
I see .. Well…