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	American English
		"curb" in the sense of "restrain" is used in British and American English.
		British usage is "meter" for a measuring device and "metre" for the unit of length.
		American practice is fl for live, white for neutral and green for earth, although it is not normal for the cord from the outlet to the appliance to have colour coded wires.
	www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /~jphb/american.html (12175 words)

	Alex Barnett blog : British English words not used in American English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I'm told that I say "trousers" which is also an infrequently used word of british persuasion.
		When I first saw the word "busking," I had a vague idea of what it meant, but that didn't ease my fear that the threatened 200 pound fine just might be headed my way were I not careful.
		While this list is, indeed, interesting, you can have more fun with words that have different meanings between the US and the UK.
	blogs.msdn.com /alexbarn/archive/2005/09/30/475663.aspx (725 words)

	List of American English words not used in British English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of American English words not used in British English
		If a word appears to be missing from this list, it is advisable to check the list of words having different meanings in British and American English, as it is possible that the word is used in both dialects.
		cutlery ("flatware" is, however, used in the UK antiques trade as a specialist word for cutlery)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_American_English_words_not_used_in_British_English (882 words)

	Dictionary of British Words in the "Harry Potter" Books
		Harry Potter was written in English, but in what is known as "British" or "International" English, as opposed to the American English spoken in the United States.
		Changes in the British editions for the American market were for (1) unfamiliar British English words that would confuse Yank readers (jumper became sweater; gormless became clueless); (2) English spellings (colour to color); (3) English usage (whilst to while; period added to titles such as "Mr" to become "Mr.").
		In American English, this word usually means the concrete or asphalt used in roads or sidewalks.
	www.angelfire.com /mi3/cookarama/britwords.html (1009 words)

	The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British...
		It is used in phrases like "pain in the arse" (a nuisance) or I "can't be arsed" (I can't be bothered) or you might hear something was "a half arsed attempt" meaning that it was not done properly.
		Surprisingly it is also used in a positive manner to describe something that is the best, in which case you would describe it as being "the dog's bollocks".
		Americans could use it in English pubs, but should avoid the other situations as it sounds wrong with an American accent.
	www.effingpot.com /slang.shtml (10787 words)

	Garbl's Word Links--Spelling and Vocabulary too
		These neologisms and novel uses of words in English were collected by students in Kemmer's Linguistics 215, Words in English: Struture, History and Use.
		A long list of standard English words that describe actions or the states of things--with the source or the present-day associations.
		Focuses on four standard spelling rules: words with "ei" and "ie," words with a final "y" before a suffix, words with a final silent "e" and words with double consonants.
	home.comcast.net /~garbl/writing/words.htm (1234 words)

	Britishisms -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a geographical context, it usually applies to a person or object from, or the people or nation of ("the British") the island of Great Britain—though, confusingly, the term "British Isles" is commonly used to include also the (non-British) island of Ireland.
		In a linguistic context, it refers to the various forms of the English language known as British English.
		However, the British interpretation of the term is slightly different from the American interpretation; we can see evidence of this in the article for pigs in blankets.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/24/britishisms.html (1105 words)

	Overview of the English Language to Help You Learn English
		The great number of words found in the English vocabulary is in large part due to extensive borrowings from other languages, including Latin, French, Low German, and the Scandinavian languages.
		A dialect can be defined as a "variation of a language used by a group of speakers set apart from others geographically or socially." Using this definition, it is easy to identify English as a language with many dialects.
		Deference to someone may be shown by addressing them as "sir" or "ma'am", or using a title like "Dr." with their last name, but that is the extent of English formal address.
	www.transparent.com /languagepages/english/overview.htm (560 words)

	Shop Fresh:Category Top/Shopping/Home and Garden/Bedroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was Cubitt who built Eaton Square, which typifies Pimlico's architecture with its white stucco houses and garden square.As early as the latter half of the century, however, Pimlico saw the construction of several Peabody Estates - charitable housing projects designed to provide cheap, quality homes for the poor.
		Barristers usually appear in higher courts and argue matters fundamental to law (as opposed to routine aplications of law); (distinction in English law) NOT a barista (coffee preparer), which is a near homophone.
		Used especially in the Lake District bed-sitter (or bedsit) studio apartment, one-room apartment that serves as a bedroom and a living room Belisha beacon orange ball containing a flashing light mounted on a post at each end of a zebra crossing bespoke[n] custom[-made],
	www.shop-fresh.net /Category82949.html (565 words)

	Jots :: wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Along with other influential liberals of the period, such as Walter Lippmann, he argued that democracies needed propaganda to keep the uninformed citizenry in agreement with what the specialized class had determined was in their best interests.
		Among those who participated in it were Wilson adviser Walter Lippmann and Edward Bernays, the latter of whom had remarked that andquot;the essence of democratic societyandquot; was the andquot;engineering of consentandquot;, by which propaganda was the necessary method for democracies to promote and garner support for policy.
		Our goal is to connect the virtual world with the physical world by bringing the best information from the internet to the relevant place in physical space.
	rss.jots.com /tags/wikipedia (1247 words)

	Java program converts English into English
		A number of other British newspapers have held out on this one forever, although the "zed" is permitted as an alternative.
		Anglicise uses the largely English English spelling of anglicize to turn US spellings into those used here.
		The English use "programme" for everything but a computer program, and still use the £ rather than the $ or the €, although we dropped LSD (see here) in the early 1970s.
	www.theinquirer.net /?article=10359 (239 words)

	New English-Polish and Polish-English Dictionaries
		However, this word is not listed under the gmina entry at all, which is a gross inconsistency.
		For comparison list przewodni has only 484 hits and is rarely used in the context of resumes but rather as an introductory letter to a folder, catalogue or a brochure.
		The problem whether to use an English-sounding word in Polish or an inadequate or clumsy Polish expression may be seen in a wider perspective.
	www.accurapid.com /journal/29poldic.htm (4648 words)

	English (British) - American Dictionary
		This may be similar to the American distinction between "attorney" and "lawyer", however the distinction is greater.
		The word "graduate" in the UK means someone who has graduated with an undergraduate degree, whereas in the US, it tends to mean "someone undertaking "graduate" study, masters or PhD (which is called "postgraduate study" in the UK.
		The Best of British, by Mike Etherington, is a comprehensive list of British terms and their U.S. equivalents, spiked with humorous details.
	www.bg-map.com /us-uk.html (1403 words)

	Amazon.ca: English Pronouncing Dictionary with CD-ROM: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The advantage is that, by using the software, you can listen to and learn the pronunciation of English words without requiring the knowledge in reading the IPA characters; just click and listen, and of course, try to pronounce them.
		As a non-English speaker who has studied English for more than 25 years, it is believed that this dictionary should be the best reference book for any language learners in Hong Kong and China.
		As English language will continue to play a dominant role in the international world, it is instrumental for non-English speakers including Chinese to communicate with English speakers fluently and accurately.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0521017130 (921 words)

	British vs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As any student of English knows very well, there is an amazing variety of spelling (lexicon), meaning (morphology), pronunciation (phonetics), useage (syntax), and even punctuation in the English language amongst the many people who use English, either as their first or as an additional language.
		While these are by no means the only two types of English used around the world, most varieties of English take their lead from one of these two.
		I have included a list of common words which are different between British and American English, but only as an introduction.
	www.gsu.edu /~wwwesl/egw/jones/spelling.htm (211 words)

	Jots :: dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Urban Dictionary is a lexicon of slang words created by the urban youth and offers their interpretation of these words.
		A drawback to this site is that although it is created by the youth using these words, sometimes irrelevant words, names or definitions can appear.
		English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept.
	jots.com /tags/dictionary (422 words)

	Common words in British and American English
		Here are a few of the more common words which are different in American and British English.
		This is only meant to highlight some of the variety which exists within English, and is not a complete list by any means.
		It also does not address different vocabulary which is used in Australia, Canada, South Africa and India as well as the Caribbean, Africa, and the many other places in the world which use English as the language of commerce or government.
	www.gsu.edu /~wwwesl/egw/jones/words.htm (107 words)

	Britain vs America; Sites that cover the difference between British and American English from the AussieSlang.com Slang ...
		Here are some of the differences in vocabulary between British and American English.
		This is an informal list, based on two years of teaching within a British-based school system, about eight years of actively seeking these terms, advice from Sir David Willcocks and the late Walter Collins, and the "American musical terms" entry in the old Oxford Companion to Music.
		In this era of the "global village" and international travel, many terms are now used universally around the world so you may hear or see US and UK English used together in the international context.
	www.aussieslang.com /directory/uk-us.asp (315 words)

	Lorelle on WordPress
		There are a lot of great resources listed and many I use on a daily basis, so check it out and see if you can save some money and get some great or better software programs.
		If you really enjoy using it, consider shoving a few bucks in their direction to keep the project going, or if they have a volunteer program, then get involved and donate a few hours a month to help offer technical support or documentation writing or editing, or something to help out.
		One is using the WYSIWYG interface and the other is totally HTML text interface, which can be accessed between two tabs, one with an A and the other with an for the HTML interface.
	lorelle.wordpress.com /page/2 (6832 words)

	Common Errors in English
		UFO * ugly American * unconscience * under the guise that * under weigh * underestimated * underlining * undoubtably * unkept * untracked * very unique * University of Indiana * unrest * unthaw * untracked * upmost * use to * used to could *
		Non-Errors Those usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are actually standard in English.
		AskOxford: An excellent dictionary with many other resources on British English.
	www.wsu.edu /~brians/errors/errors.html (448 words)

	English Club ~ Learn English \| Teach English
		Welcome to English Club, a site to help you learn English or teach English as a second language.
		ESL is used when people learn English in an English-speaking country.
		EFL is used when people learn English in a non-English-speaking country.
	www.englishclub.com (325 words)

	Alex Barnett blog : Friday, September 30, 2005 - Posts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The map is the most comprehensive list of such projects available.
		"The word 'free' in this context is problematic.
		Google expects more than incurring costs from this test bed, and it'll be keeping all kinds of data about what people do on the network.
	blogs.msdn.com /alexbarn/archive/2005/9/30.aspx (1482 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		This feature is not to be used for advertising or excessive self-promotion.
		I remember being puzzled the first time I read a local newspaper in London and I came across the British English spelling of jail (gaol).
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=3005709&postID=112788733545993658 (88 words)

	Lorelle on WordPress » British Versus American
		Also check out American and British English differences, list of American English words not used in British English, list of words having different meanings in British and American English, and for phrases in Britain that have no equivalent in America see Britishisms.
		Here are some examples of British words not used in America:
		[…] I recently wrote a post about British versus American slang and terminology as a reference to help people understand the differences.
	lorelle.wordpress.com /2005/12/13/british-versus-american (329 words)

	Common Errors in English
		Here we’re concerned only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers.
		Language standards can certainly be used for oppressive purposes, but most speakers and writers of all races and classes want to use language in a way that will impress others.The fact is that the world is full of teachers, employers, and other authorities who may penalize you for your non-standard use of the English language.
		If you search for the word “English” in Google, which gives a measure of popularity by ranking its results in order of the number of links other people have created to them, my site is number 2.
	www.wsu.edu /~brians/errors (1248 words)

	hakejam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I wish that I could have seen this list before/while I was over there.
		First is a list of British English words not used in American English.
		There is also a list of words having different meanings in British and American English.
	www.hakejam.com (1180 words)

	Sharon's Links: Language and Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		English vocabulary words composed from Latin or Greek prefixes, roots, or suffixes; including vocabulary quizzes
		The Idiom Sisters: copyediting into clear American English
		The vowel system of a reconstructed 18th-century proto-language ancestral to modern standard English dialects in both England and America
	www.sharoncolon.com /page481.htm (292 words)

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