Major differences between American English and British English?

Bloody hell, chap!

Hmm american english is louder like You talk to someone using earplugs.
British english is faster i think (and harder to understand). Generally speaking.

British spelling is a little more complicated. Like plough - plow.

Hmm american english is louder like You talk to someone using earplugs.
British english is faster i think (and harder to understand). Generally speaking.

British spelling is a little more complicated. Like plough - plow.

KungfuKitten

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Hmm american english is louder like You talk to someone using earplugs.
British english is faster i think (and harder to understand). Generally speaking.

British spelling is a little more complicated. Like plough - plow.

LJS9502_basic

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Hmm american english is louder like You talk to someone using earplugs.
British english is faster i think (and harder to understand). Generally speaking.

British spelling is a little more complicated. Like plough - plow.

KungfuKitten

a friend told me the other day that "fanny" actually means vagina in England. I always thought "fanny" meant "buttocks"

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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] Actually there ARE Americans that speak quietly. Generalizations are not the way to go....

LJS9502_basic

American English - Makes sense

Brittish English - a bunch of gibberish.

The enunciation of the letter "t."

Also, for some heavier European English speaking people (not British, so I'm not sure), "th" becomes "f."

Hmm american english is louder like You talk to someone using earplugs.
British english is faster i think (and harder to understand). Generally speaking.

British spelling is a little more complicated. Like plough - plow.KungfuKitten

Doughnut, or donut, is another one.

Neither of them can hold a candle to Canadian english or australian english. However, Ibelieve that New Zealand english is the king of them all.

We like "s" in our verbs, e.g. americanise.jimmyjammer69

That word uses a "z", not the "s".:)

A big one is all the different words that use the letter 'Z' in American English. Like Americans spell "initialize" while Europeans spell "initialise" and that happens with quite a few words. I present you guys a chart of words in British, Canadian, and American for your convenience: http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm

US and UK have all sorts of different slang (I suppose Australia and New Zealand and South Africa have their own too). Part of the reason I didn't like Harry Potter that much was all the UK slang you had to decipher.

The Slangs is the answer

In Britain, 'sidewalks' are 'pavements'. That's a difference, not a major one though.

there very similar period :P

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]We like "s" in our verbs, e.g. americanise.topsemag55

That word uses a "z", not the "s".:)

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[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]We like "s" in our verbs, e.g. americanise.jimmyjammer69

That word uses a "z", not the "s".:)

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[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]We like "s" in our verbs, e.g. americanise.jimmyjammer69

That word uses a "z", not the "s".:)

Tis true - we Brits prefer the much curvier 's' over the Americans more angular choice of letter innit.

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That word uses a "z", not the "s".:)

xaos

I've always found it humorous that the phrase "a bloody mess" has an entirely different meaning in the U.K.:P:lol:

British English seems to neglect the "r" sound when pronouncing certain words, and depending on which part of England you go to, incoherent.Also,British English seems more formal.A good example is on an episode of Family Guy where Stuey tries to teach the little British girl how to speak "like a lady." American English tends to be generally louder and less formal. That's my take, at least.

The American English is much more simple.

Several words are different in British English and American.

Harbour - Docks

Colour - Color

To mention a few being different.

our English is better. and by "our," i mean AMERICA, **** YEAH!

English in USA allows more gramatic errors. For example. It ismore common in USA than in theUK. Then there is people who can't tell the difference between are/is (there is two boys). Sometimes British English makes as much sense as the Tennis score. It makes British-much sense. Therefore I'm glad that both exist.

our English is better. and by "our," i mean AMERICA, **** YEAH!

needled24-7

English in England sounds wussy and feminine to me.
We took it and made it more kick ass.

American English - Makes sense

Brittish English - a bunch of gibberish.

thegrimpeeper

The Americans spell words differently but don't change how its pronounced (e.g. Colour, Americans take a way the U but still pronounce it with a U)