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Differences between British english and american english.

04:01 PM Sep 04 2009 | 回复

Toby:)

Toby:)

United Kingdom

hiya

im british and people often don't know what i mean when i say things because of the differences between British english and american english.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/americanbritish/index.html

This website  shows most of the differences

hope this is useful to someone! some of them arent 100% correct, but most are.

take care, seeya!

11:45 PM Sep 04 2009 | 回复

h-a-h

h-a-h

Bahrain

hi topy

how are you??

i think american people talking faster than british people

and there are some of another words different

thanx for your topic

 

12:34 AM Sep 05 2009 | 回复

Zambuka

Zambuka

Russian Federation

Americans make the english easier . Pronunciation is more suitable . . . That’s why they talk faster

07:01 AM Sep 14 2009 | 回复

wittygirl

Turkey

Thanks for the share, Toby. Yes you are right, there are many differences. We had a list like this one this year; however, ours include general rules. For instance, there are some verbs like 'generalise, realise and so on..' in British English and these verbs are used in American English with 'z'consonant(generalize, realize). Your list is more comprehensive, of course :) And there won't be any difficulty in understanding a different consonant or vowel :) Anyway, I have just wanted to mention about minor differences, too :)

04:24 AM Sep 15 2009 | 回复

sberlin

sberlin

China

I have just learned a lesson callesd it. In Junior School, we learned British english, in High  School, we learned American english. Now, I think it is very chaos. My english is neither fish nor fowl. I feel annoying.

12:09 PM Sep 16 2009 | 回复

arturs

arturs

Latvia

Is there differences in english with each country that speaks it?  i know of british and american differences, but how about australian or canadian or new zealand english?  are they different too?  regards :)

01:47 PM Sep 16 2009 | 回复

Toby:)

Toby:)

United Kingdom

There are some differences i think, but they are mostly slang words and not as many commonly used words are different.

02:42 PM Sep 16 2009 | 回复

Efri Shan

Efri Shan

Indonesia

U’re right,Toby!Sometimes, my friends mixed British n American English when they’re talking coz they don’t know the differencies between British n American English.And it makes me confused. When I visited ur website n learned the list of differencies, I became understand.I think, American is easier to learn than British.

04:32 AM Sep 19 2009 | 回复

vip.qtr

vip.qtr

Qatar

i found the american pronunciation way easier !

09:30 AM Sep 19 2009 | 回复

Ryo32t

Ryo32t

Greece

not sure Perhaps the British speak Classical english?

07:48 AM Sep 20 2009 | 回复

chief_wang

chief_wang

China

Thank you Toby for the share. It is very useful!