khrizthian :
Hello friends, well I’m learning English by myself, that is thanks to my genius, listening to music, watching films and I think I’m learning a lot, and I know how it differs from the British English American, a cousin told me that is different in pronunciation and other irregular verbs, I want to learn the truth the American, and I would greatly appreciate if you tell me if the difference is great.
I give stars to the best answer.
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And Australian English is interesting too…
Here’s a good summary of the grammatical differences.
As an American, I had no idea there were so many grammatical differences until I read this article.
And here’s a good list of differences for some common words:
The pronunciation of every English (American, Canadian, Australian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, etc..) are all different to a degree.
There is American English and Commonwealth English (or British English)…
The spelling is different… honor vs. honour, color vs. colour, centre vs. center, program vs. programme, estrogen vs. oestrogen, etc…
Different words… windshield vs. windscreen, bonnet vs. hood, pram vs. stroller, trash can vs. dust bin, flat vs. apartment, etc…
Well, there are a lot of small differences, but they dont really matter. There aren’t really differences that people wouldn’t understand you if you were to use american english with a brit or backwards, unless you’re using a lot of British/American slang, and then it could get confusing. Its more about how an American would probably say something in one way, which a Brit would say in a different way, but both are still correct ways to say something. Also there are things like spelling “ize” or “ise” on the ends of words, or “colour” and “color”. But they’re not really important, and they’re not going to stop anyone understanding you.
“It’s almost like the difference between Mexican Spanish and Spanish from Spain.”
^Totally untrue.
The differences in irregular verbs are almost always a matter of preference. For example, the past tense of “dive” can be “dove” or “dived”. Both forms are correct according to American and British English. Both Britain and America have different regions that use one or the other.
This is a nice video for some words
theres many different pronounciations between the UK and America.
data is pronounced day-taa in british and datter in american, bury as in Canterbury would be prounounce Canterberry in british and canterbarry in american. Michael would be pronounced My-cool in british and my-kell in american, and so on.
theres also different words for thing too, like the bit you put shoppin in etc in your car would be boot in british, and trunk in american. waste would be called rubbish in british and trash in american. the WC would be called the toilet in british and the restroom in america. theres really too many to write down
