British

Vocabulary Lesson

British - American American English - Spelling Rules http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/be-ae.htm Reproduced by Suhanto Kastaredja SMA Negeri 14 Jl Perum YKP Blok KK  Tenggilis Mejoyo Rungkut Rungk ut Surabaya

There are some spelling differences in American English. In the 1800's, the US Congress actually called for several changes to make words more phonetic. Look at the following examples: British English

American English

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words ending in -re

change to -er  

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words ending in -our words ending in -ogue words ending in -ise/ize final -l doubled after short vowel

change to -or change to -og ending only in -ize - l not always doubled after a short vowel

words ending in -ence

change to -ense

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Example (British - American) centre - center  metre - meter  colour - color   catalogue - catalog realise/realize - realize travelled - traveled modelling - modeling defence - defense licence - license

Look at the followings lists for words which have different meanings in British and American English: British English - American English American English - British English Thanks to John.

British - American English

Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English. A-E

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British English - American English American English - British English British English

accelerator accumulator advertisement aerial (TV, radio) air hostess alsatian Amercian Indian anorak anywhere at home aubergine autumn baking tin bank holiday barrister bat base rate bath to bath bathroom bedside table bill bin biro biscuit bobby bobsleigh bonnet booking bookshop bookstall boot

American English A gas pedal, accelerator   battery commercial antenna, aerial flight attendant German shepherd Native American parka anyplace,anywhere home, at home eggplant fall, autumn B baking pan legal holiday lawyer   paddle prime rate bathtub to bathe bathroom (in privaten Räumen)/toilet nightstand check   garbage can ball-point pen cookie police officer   bobsled hood reservation bookstore newsstand trunk  

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braces brackets call box candy floss car park caravan caretaker casualty department catalogue centre chambers chemist's shop cheque chips cinema city centre class cloakroom clothes peg coach cocktail stick cocoa powder coffin colour condom cooker costume cosy cot (Baby) cotton crisps crossroads cupboard current account curriculum vitae cutlery dialogue dinner jacket directory enquiries

suspenders parentheses C phone booth cotton candy parking lot trailer   janitor   emergency room catalog center   law offices drugstore check   French fries movie theater   downtown grade checkroom clothespin long distance bus toothpick   unsweetened cocoa casket, coffin color   rubber, condom stove swimsuit cozy crib thread potato chips crossroad (Land) intersection (Stadt und Land) closet checking account resume silverware D dialog tux, tuxedo directory assistance

diversion doctor's surgery double cream draught draughts drawing pin dress circle dressing gown drink driving driving licence driving wheel duffle coat dummy dustbin duvet dynamo

detour   doctor's office heavy cream draft checkers thumbtack   balcony bathrobe drunk driving driver's license steering wheel trench coat pacifier   garbage can bedspread generator   E ground ground wire band-aid busy motor   to inquire inquiry appetizer   everyplace, everywhere notebook   expiration date overtime

earth earth wire elastoplast engaged engine to enquire enquiry entrée everywhere exercise book expiry date extra time

Thanks to Edeet, Gabriele, Hans, John, Liz, Monika, Ron and Ulrike.

British - American English Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English. A-E

F-J

British English - American English American English - British English

K-O

P-T

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British English

American English

fag fancy dress Father Christmas favourite to fill in filling station film fire brigade first floor fish-fingers flannel flashlight flat flavour flyover football form fortnight fringe from Monday to Friday frying pan gammon gangway garden gear lever Gents to give s.b. a lift goods train grammar school to grill ground floor hairdresser hairdresser harbour hard cooked egg headmaster, head teacher

F cigarette costumes Santa Claus favorite to fill out gas station film, movie fire department second floor   fish-sticks face cloth, wash cloth photoflash apartment (flat: eingeschossige Wohnung) flavor   overpass soccer   grade two weeks bangs from Monday to Friday from Monday through Friday (Freitag eingeschlossen) skillet G h am aisle yard gear shift Men's Room to give s.b. a ride freight train high school to broil first floor   H barber shop hairdresser, beauty shop harbor   boiled egg principal

high street to hire hire purchase hockey holiday hoover humour

main street to rent instalment plan field hockey vacation vaccum cleaner   humor   I hockey frosting powdered sugar   nauseated turn signal shot bug intermission quotation marks hardware store J shot baked potato jelly (no pieces in it) jewelery John Doe pitcher   rummage sale

ice-hockey icing icing sugar ill indicator injection insect interval inverted commas, quotation marks ironmonger jab jacket potato jam jewellery Joe Bloggs jug jumble sale

Thanks to Edeet, Gabriele, Hans, John, Liz, Monika, Ron and Ulrike.

British - American English Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English. A-E

F-J

K-O

British English - American English American English - British English British English

kilometre

American English K  kilometer  

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kitchen roll paper knickers

paper towel panties L label tag labour labor   Ladies ladies' room ladybird ladybug lager beer   to lay the table to set the table lead leash letterbox mailbox life jacket life vest lift elevator   liquidizer blender   litre liter   lorry truck   lost property lost and found luggage baggage, luggage M mackintosh raincoat main road highway maize corn managing di director president (b (business) mashed potato mashed potatoes match game mate buddy maths math mean stingy medicine drugs,medicine mince meat hamburger meat, ground beef   mixer blender   mobile (phone) cellular, cell motorbike motorcycle motorway freeway, interstate multi-storey car park parking garage mum m om N nappy diaper   nati nation onal al insu insura ranc ncee numb number er soci social al secu securi rity ty numbe number  r  neighbour neighbor   newsagent's newspaper store normal regular  

note notice board number plate

bill bulletin board license plate

Thanks to Edeet, Gabriele, Hans, John, Liz, Monika, Ron and Ulrike.

British - American English Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English. A-E

F-J

K-O

British English - American English American English - British English British English

a pack of cards a pa packet of cigarettes pants paper knife paraffin parliament pavement pay rise pedestrian crossing pepper personne nnel depar partment petrol phone box pickled cucumber platform plug hole polo neck porridge post post code postman  primary school prison

American English P a deck of cards a pa package of of cigarettes shorts letter opener   kerosene/kerosine congress sidewalk   pay raise crosswalk   bell pepper   human resourc urces depar partment gas phone booth dill pickle track   drain turtle neck   oatmeal mail zip code mailman elementary school grade school jail

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programme pub pupil to put sb. through quarrel to quarrel to queue quid railway reception redundant to ring road surface roundabout row rubber rubbish school report secondary school semi-detached house share shop shop assistant single ticket skipping rope sledge solicitor Sorry. spanner sports day state school stock store storey subway sultana to suppose sweet shop

program bar   student to connect sb. Q argument to argue to line up buck   R  railroad front desk   laid off   to call pavement traffic circle argument eraser   garbage S report card high school duplex stock   store sales clerk   one-way ticket jump rope sled lawyer   Excuse me. wrench fields day public school inventory superstore story underpass raisin to guess candy store T

tap taxi taxi rank technical college telephonist term terraces test theatre till timetable tin tissue to think toilet, loo torch tortoise town centre tracks traffic lights trainers tram travelled trolley trousers tumble dryer tyre

faucet cab, taxi taxi stand vocational school telephone operator   semester   bleachers quiz theater   cash register   schedule can Kleenex to guess bathroom, rest room flashlight turtle downtown track   stop lights sneakers streetcar   traveled cart pants clothes dryer   tire

Thanks to Edeet, Gabriele, Hans, John, Liz, Monika, Ron and Ulrike.

British - American English Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English. A-E

F-J

K-O

British English - American English American English - British English Brit Br itis ish h En Engl glis ish h

Amer Americ ican an En Engl glis ish h U

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unde underg rgro roun und, d, tube tube underlay underpants undertaker

subw subway ay carpet pad shorts funeral director   V van station wagon vest undershirt video VCR   W wage cut salary cut waistcoat vest wallet billfold wardrobe closet to wash wash up wash up liquid dish washing liquid washing washing up powder powder laundry laundry soap wellington bo boots rubber bers whol wholem emea eall br bread ead brow brown n br bread ead windscreen windshield wing fender   Z zebra crossing crosswalk   zip zipper   Thanks to Edeet, Gabriele, Hans, John, Liz, Monika, Ron and Ulrike.