American and British English differences American and British English differences This article outlines the differences between American English, the form of the English language spoken in the United States, and Commonwealth English (often called British English). ...more on Wikipedia about "American and British English differences"
* GAm is rhotic while RP is non-rhotic; that is, R is only pronounced in RP when it is immediately followed by a vowel. Where GAm has before a consonant, RP either has nothing (if the preceding vowel is or , as in bore and bar) or has a schwa instead (the resulting sequences are centring diphthongs or triphthongs). Similarly, where GAm has r-coloured vowels ( or , as in cupboard or bird), RP has plain vowels or . However many British accents, especially in Scotland and the West Country, are rhotic, and some American accents, such as the traditional Boston accent, are non-rhotic. ...more on Wikipedia about "American and British English pronunciation differences"
The differences in the spellings of British English and American English are as follows: ...more on Wikipedia about "American and British English spelling differences"
Americanisms are words and phrases that people living outside the United States believe to be characteristic of English as spoken or written in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Americanism (general)"
There are two major English language keyboard layouts, the United States layout and the United Kingdom layout. US users do not generally need the £ and € symbols, or the Gaelic accented vowels (á, é, í, ó, or ú), while those are common needs in the UK. The UK layout accordingly adds an AltGr key, maps the £ to where the US layout has a #, and adds a 102nd key to accommodate the #. A few variations not strictly driven by function (the reversals of @ and " between the two, the movement of ~ to the # key to accommodate a ¬ on the backquote key) have also crept in between the two. ...more on Wikipedia about "British and American keyboards"
Britishisms are expressions peculiar to British English, including British idioms. See also List of British English words not used in American English. The word Britishism is an Americanism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Britishism"
The term "fag" or "fag-end" derives from the word "flag" (as in: "His strength was flagging"). "Flag" appeared in the 16th century, and was apparently a variant of the Middle English word "flacken". "Flacken" meant "flutter", and was influenced by the Old French word "flaquir" ("be flaccid"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fag (fag-end)"
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; bollocks* (originally ballocks) : balls* (testicles); verbal garbage (as in "you're talking bollocks"). The somewhat similar bollix is found in American English, but without the anatomical conotations or vulgar sense, meaning 'mess up'. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of British English words not used in American English"
When adding words or meanings to this list, please follow the notations used in existing entries as much as possible, e.g. those of equivalent UK/US terms and common UK/US meanings. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of words having different meanings in British and American English"
(UK-US heterologues A-Z) It is important to note that Homonyms are in fact Heterologues (different words) , and not different usages of the same word. This is the case with all dialects. Orthographical differences will also be listed, because Heterographs between two orthographies that share meaning are also Heterologues, as in Latin, Slavic, and other Germanic dialects and languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "UK-US heterologues A-Z"
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