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American and British English differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American legislators and lawyers always use the preposition "of" between the name of a legislative act and the year it was passed, while their British equivalents do not. Typically, American English capitalises all the letters (NATO, AIDS), whereas British English prefers to use the initial capital only (Nato, Aids). American English is the form of English used by people in the United States and, as a lingua franca or second language, by people in many parts of the world. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_and_British_English_differences   (7264 words)

American English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American English has both spelling and grammatical differences from British English (or Commonwealth English), some of which were made as part of an attempt to rationalize the English spelling used by British English at the time. American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. American English is also sometimes called United States English or U.S. English. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_English   (1865 words)

American English In American English the final e is removed from verbs before adding -ing, in correct British English this is not done giving "routeing" (British) and "routing" (American), however the American practice of dropping the "e" is becoming quite common in British English. The American usage would be familiar to British ears. Several correspondents have also noted that the British usages "centre" and "theatre" are displacing the American usages, particularly where the establishment in question wants to suggest that it is of superior quality. www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /~jphb/american.html   (12175 words)

American English American English is regarded as having preserved archaic features which have since been altered in British English--i.e., American speech maintained features of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English--such as the preservation of r in most dialects, and "flat a" [æ] as in "path": features that were lost in southern England at the end of the eighteenth century. English is destined to be in the next and succeeding centuries more generally the language of the world than Latin was in the last or French is in the present age. General American used to be thought of as most of the Western half of country, and refers to a dialect characterized by the retention of r, "flat a," and an unrounded vowel in hot. ebbs.english.vt.edu /hel/helmod/america.html   (4114 words)

American Dialects American English is one variety of "World English." The conditions of its history and development are similar to those in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, India, the West Indies, and other countries that were Phonological differences between American and British English are largely the result of American pronunciations staying conservative and British pronunciations tending to shift with time. Native American languages have had a substrate impact on American English, of course. www.uta.edu /english/tim/courses/4301w98/nov11.html   (950 words)

Do You Speak American . Sea to Shining Sea . American Varieties . Southern . Sounds PBS Traditionally, SAE differed from other varieties of American English in some of its lexical, grammatical, and phonological features, but many of the lexical differences, which were rooted in an agrarian economy and a traditional society, have begun to disappear. Jan Tillery is an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio who researches the dialects of Texas and Southern American English generally. In a recent study of folk beliefs about American dialects, Dennis Preston (1996) found that 90% of his respondents from Michigan and Indiana and 96% of those from South Carolina recognized SAE as a distinct variety of American English. www.pbs.org /speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/southern/sounds   (1739 words)

The English-to-American Dictionary I'm told that the American scientific community use the British spelling, though I might be being told bollocks. Americans call them "answering machines", which is also used more than "answerphone" in the UK these days. It's the device that gathers radio waves for your radio or television- Americans call them "antenna" (though I believe "aerial" is in limited use in the US too). english2american.com /dictionary/a.html   (807 words)

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. The set encompasses a wide selection of writing on orators, humorists, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and even non-English writing, such as Yiddish and Creole. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature www.bartleby.com /cambridge   (184 words)

American and English Literature Internet Resources Literary Resources on the Net This is another page which deals mainly with English and American Literature sources on the net and is limited to collections of information useful to academics. English Literature On the Web Here one can find e-text archives, information on children's books and authors, medieval English literature, Anglo-saxon literature, information on British authors and literature of various time periods such as the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. American Poetry Full-Text Database Here you can find complete poetical works of over 200 poets from the earliest American poets of the seventeenth century to the beginnings of modernism. library.scsu.ctstateu.edu /litbib.html   (2729 words)

United Kingdom English for the American Novice English pronunciation of these words is often similar to the American version. While in the UK I learned that the "English" and "American" languages have less in common than might be supposed. English words often have several meanings and only those which differ (from American) are listed here. www.hps.com /~tpg/ukdict   (414 words)

Southern American English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from northern Virginia and central Kentucky to the Gulf Coast, and from the Atlantic coast to central Texas. The Southern Appalachian dialect is, among all the dialects of American English, the one most closely related to the Scottish dialect of English (see also Scots language and Ulster Scots language). Like Australian English and English English, the English of the coastal Deep South is historically non-rhotic: it drops the sound of final /r/ before a consonant or a word boundary, so that guard sounds similar to god (but the former has a longer vowel than the latter) and sore like saw. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_American_English   (4021 words)

Encyclopedia: North American English Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from central Kentucky and northern Virginia to the Gulf Coast and from the Atlantic coast to eastern Texas. North American English is a collective term to describe the varieties of the English language that are spoken in the United States and Canada. Because of the considerable similarities in pronunciation, vocabulary and accent between American English and Canadian English, the two spoken languages are sometimes grouped together under a single category, as distinguished from the varieties of English that are spoken in the United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand and the Hiberno-English used in Ireland. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/North-American-English   (2465 words)

North American English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Because of the considerable similarities in pronunciation, vocabulary and accent between American English and Canadian English, the two spoken languages are sometimes grouped together under a single category, as distinguished from the varieties of English that are spoken in the United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand and the Hiberno-English used in Ireland. North American English is a collective term to describe the varieties of the English language that are spoken in the United States and Canada. These were developed and built upon as new waves of immigration, and migration across the North American continent, brought new accents and dialects to new areas, and as these ways of speaking merged and assimilated with the population. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_American_English   (626 words)

Spelling differences between British and American English For example, both American and British English would use the word 'worked' for the past form of 'to work', and in American English it is common to hear the word 'knelt' as the past tense of 'to kneel'. In British English, words that end in -l preceded by a vowel usually double the -l when a suffix is added, while in American English the letter is not doubled. Generally, the rule is that if there is a verb form with -ed, American English will use it, and if there is a form with -t, British English uses it. www2.gsu.edu /~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences.htm   (339 words)

The Organization of Dialect Diversity in North America This is the line separating the Northern dialect area from the North Midland, drawn by Carver (1987) on the basis of the distribution of words in the Dictionary of American Regional English. North American dialects are differentiated by unconditioned mergers, which affect the phonemes wherever they appear, and by conditioned mergers, which occur in a particular environment. Finally, most of the American West is included in area (4), though some variation remains in certain large cities: Los Angeles, the Bay area, and Denver. www.ling.upenn.edu /phono_atlas/ICSLP4.html   (3583 words)

The American Dialect Homepage American Dialect Web Links Over 180 links to vocabularies, pronunciation guides, and general articles dealing with regional dialects of the English language in the United States, Canada, and the West Indies. Also, due to other pressures on my time and a somewhat reduced interest (read "nationalism") I have had to largely leave off maintaining the world English dialect links, and decided to concentrate on the North American varieties. Welcome to the American Dialect homepage, an effort to bridge the gap between the scholarly and literary worlds of dialectology. www.evolpub.com /Americandialects/AmDialhome.html   (530 words)

African American Vernacular English: A brief overview of AAVE AAVE is a form of American English spoken primarily by African Americans. In other words, AAVE is just "bad English." The creole hypothesis, however, maintains that modern AAVE is the result of a creole derived from English and various West African Languages. Most people believe that AAVE is sub-standard to SE for some reason. www.arches.uga.edu /~bryan/AAVE   (258 words)

American English School - accent reduction/American English pronunciation American English Pronunciation: It's No Good Unless You're Understood, the accent reduction program which is also rich in American English expressions, consists of a softcover textbook with audio CDs. American English School in Atlanta, GA USA and eventually online. Accent reduction/pronunciation, understanding rapid speech, oral and written presentations, and business English are the offerings. www.donnahope.com   (182 words)

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > American Heritage I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven. www.bartleby.com /61   (95 words)

American English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American English has many spelling differences from English as used elsewhere (especially British English), some of which were made as part of an attempt to rationalize the spelling used in Britain at the time. American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. American English is also sometimes called United States English or U.S. English. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_English   (1997 words)

E. L. Easton - American English American English Cambridge History of English and American Literature American English pronunciation patterns / audio / Eva Easton North American English: Phonological Atlas Univ. of Pennsylvania eleaston.com /am-eng.html   (96 words)

Phonological Atlas of North America A National Map of the Regional Dialects of American English, by William Labov, Sharon Ash and Charles Boberg. The Telsur Project is a survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English, supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Other draft chapters are available in the Table of Contents of the Atlas of North American English. www.ling.upenn.edu /phono_atlas/home.html   (777 words)

American English Institute, University of Oregon The AEI has provided English language instruction since 1977 to international students and educators who want to enter American universities or learn English for personal or professional reasons. The institute's goal is to help students learn to communicate and study effectively in English and to gain a greater understanding of American culture. Welcome to the American English Institute (AEI) at the University of Oregon. aei.uoregon.edu   (102 words)

The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996 This book is designed to inform you about current problems in English usage so you can make intelligent decisions when communicating. A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Usage > American Heritage www.bartleby.com /64   (112 words)

American English Home Page American English® is not endorsed by or affiliated with Apple Corps Limited. It amazes me how each individual member of American English is so like his counterpart in The Beatles. American English has performed on all major networks: www.americanenglishbeatles.com /mainpage.htm   (269 words)

(American) English Spelling Alternative spellings, especially British vs. American, should also be noted. (The preference characterizes American English; British English seems to prefer doubling, though it often allows its omission. Burden, Peter, WWlib - Notes on American English, University of Worlverhapton November 17, 2000 www.studygs.net /spelling.htm   (907 words)

British / American English The author lived in the UK, and "learned that the "English" and "American" languages have less in common than might be supposed." This is the result. There are some serious entries about the differences among various English dialects, and one superb site aimed specifically at translators. Some of my best friends from the other side of the pond speak English that I occasionally find to be er... home.ncia.com /~slarsson/USUK.html   (422 words)

American English Some Light on the Problem of Bilingualism as Found from a Study of the Progress in Mastery of English among Preschool Children of non-American Ancestry in Hawaii. "The English Dialect of Hawaii." American Speech 9(Feb. 1934): 48-58. Smith, W. "Pidgin English in Hawaii." American Speech 8(Feb. 1933): 15-19. www.wright.edu /~martin.kich/AmerReg/Hawaii.htm   (249 words)

English to English When I first came to America, twenty two years ago, even though I spoke English, the words coming out of my mouth often resulted in puzzled looks and blank stares, the reason being, I didn't speak AMERICAN English. In attempts to help more people butcher their vocabulary, I have compiled this incomplete dictionary of American and British words (and spellings), in my free time, and Bob's your uncle. I now speak it (and write it) rather fluently, and often interchange words because I'm an inconsistant git (idiot). www.geocities.com /Athens/Atlantis/2284   (96 words)

African American Vernacular English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The belief underlying Ebonics education is that African American students would perform better in school and more easily learn standard American English, if textbooks and teachers acknowledged that AAVE was not a substandard version of standard American English, but a legitimate speech variety with its own grammatical rules and pronunciational norms. African American Vernacular English (AAVE), known colloquially as Ebonics, also called Black English, Black Vernacular or Black English Vernacular, is a dialect and ethnolect of American English. In certain African tribal groups, such as those in east Cameroon, there are varieties of Black English that show strong resemblances to the creole dialects in the U.S. documented during this time period. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English   (96 words)

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