The_Comparison_of_American_and_British_English

							The Comparison of American
and British English

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Historical background
   British colonization
   The form of the language have
    diverged in many ways
   Misunderstandings still exist even
    through the increased world-wide
    communication
Phonology
   The pronunciation of British English differs in
    systematic ways from pronunciation in many
    dialects of American.
   The most consistent difference occurred in the
    placement of primary stress, with the most
    Americans putting stress on the first syllable and
    most British on the second or third in multisyllabic
    words like “cigarette,” “applicable,” “formidable,”
    “kilometer,” and “laboratory.”
   In the prestigious British dialect, /h/ is pronounced
    ate the beginning of both “head” and “herb,”
    whereas in American English dialects it is not
    pronounced in the second word.
   In brief, generally, the beginning /h/ of a word is
    voiced in the British English; on the contrary,
    voiceless in the American English, such as “house,”
    and “hero.”
Phonology

   East Coast is more distinctive than the
    interior country.
   this is largely because these areas were in
    contact with England, and imitated
    prestigious varieties of British English at a
    time when those varieties were undergoing
    changes. The interior of the country was
    settled by people who were no longer closely
    connected to England, as they had no access
    to the ocean during a time when journeys to
    Britain were always by sea.
   Sounds corresponding to
    North American English is
    retroflex, alveolar
    approximan,not a thrill
    r tap
   The loss of syllable-final r
    in North America is
    confined mostly to the
    accents of eastern New
    England, New York City
    and surrounding areas,
    South Philadelphia, and
    the coastal portions of the
    South
Idioms
   Arseholed /Drunk!
   Pass /I don't know
   Chessed off/ Pissed off
   All right? /"Hello, how are you?"
   Brill/ Cool
   Waz /Wee or pee.
Vocabulary
   Bathroom         Loo
   Trash/Garbage   Rubbish
   Crazy/Very      Bloody
Spelling
-or vs. -our

American       British

color          colour

favorite       favourite

honor          honour
-ze vs. -se

American      British

analyze       analyse

criticize     criticise

memorize      memorise
-ll vs. -l

American     British

enrollment   enrolment

fulfill      fulfil

skillful     skilful
-er vs. -re

American      British

center        centre

meter         metre

theater       theatre
-og vs. -ogue

American        British

analog          analogue

catalog         catalogue

dialog          dialogue
-e vs. -oe or -ae

American            British

encylopedia         encylycopaedia

maneuver            manoeuvre

medieval            mediaeval
-ck or -k vs. -que

American             British

bank                 banque

check                cheque

checker              chequer
-dg vs. -dge (or -g
vs. -gu)
American              British

aging                 ageing

argument              arguement

judgment              judgement
-ense vs. -enze

American          British

defense           defence

license           licence
Other

American   British

jewelry    jewellery

draft      draught

pajamas    pyjamas
Differences between British
English and American English
    Lexical differences: burglarize VS burgle,
    transportation VS transport
    Speech: dialects, accents and vocabulary
    Commonwealth English