British vs. American English

Checkpoints, page 38-41.

 

1.

Words	GA (American English)	RP (British English)
	Pronounced with flatter vowels	Pronounced with rounder vowels
Awful
Dance
Rather
Laugh
	With a pronounced "r"	Pronounced without a "r"
Car
Star
Pillar

 

2.

The five main spelling differences between AE and BE is:

1. The first differences is what the ear can hear.
2. Spelling and pronunciation.
3. In Be they use `inverted commas`, but in AE they use "quotation marks".
4. Some words that end in -ter in AE end in -tre in BE.
5. Words can mean different things and the same thing can have different words.

 

Language work

-I`m knackered and I really have to use the bathroom.

-Are there any bathrooms near?

-Do I have to line up behind that block?

-Do you know if there is any chemist close to here?

-I`m hungry.

-At the point zebra was crossing, the lollipop lady directed us to take a new direction, but my truck was out of gas and it was impossible.

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-This is ace - This is awesome.

-I feel barmy today - I feel crazy today.

-Bugger of - Please go away.