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2. Comparison of American and British English - Wikipedia

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   Several pronunciation patterns contrast American and British English accents. The following lists a few common ones. Most American accents are rhotic, preserving the historical /r/ phoneme in all contexts, while most British accents of England and Wales are non-rhotic, only preserving this sound before vowels but dropping it in all other contexts; thus, farmer rhymes with llama for Brits but ...

3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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   British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings saloon closed car having two or (usu.) four doors, a front and rear seat and a separate boot/trunk (US: sedan) (saloon bar) posh bar within a pub or hotel passengers' lounge on a liner or luxury train (US approx.: parlor car)

4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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   For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.

5. Category:American and British English differences - Wikipedia

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   List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M–Z) Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom; Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States; List of works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States

6. American and British English grammatical differences

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   In both British and American English, a person can make a decision; however, only in British English is the common variant take a decision also an option in a formal, serious, or official context. [38] The British often describe a person as tanned, where Americans would use tan. For instance, "she was tanned", rather than "she was tan". [39]

7. Lily Allen on the difference between British and American culture

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   UK pop star moved to New York, where she lives with her husband, ‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour, and her two children, in 2020

8. Lists of words having different meanings in American and ...

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   List of English homographs; Lists of English words; List of works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States; Pseudo-anglicism; Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom; Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

9. Talk : List of words having different meanings in American ...

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   The use of the word "faggot" as anti-gay slur is known in British English for sure considering the annual controversy over its use in the song Fairytale of New York and it use as an innuendo (in response to a dinner suggestion of faggots) in an advertisement for the now defunct supermarket chain Somerfield Tk420 21:50, 5 May 2023 (UTC)