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This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
In both American and British usages, words normally spelled -ll usually drop the second l when used as prefixes or suffixes, for example all→almighty, altogether; full→handful, useful; well→welcome, welfare; chill→chilblain. Both the British fulfil and the American fulfill never use -ll-in the middle (i.e., *fullfill and *fullfil are ...
Grey (more frequent British English) or gray (more frequent American English) [2] is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma and therefore no hue. [3] It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash, and of lead. [4]
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 ...
Color (American English) or colour (British English, Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter , color perception is related to an object's light absorption , reflection , emission spectra , and interference .
Categorization of racial groups by reference to skin color is common in classical antiquity. [7] For example, it is found in e.g. Physiognomica, a Greek treatise dated to c. 300 BC. The transmission of the "color terminology" for race from antiquity to early anthropology in 17th century Europe took place via rabbinical literature.
Cadet grey was an official color of the Confederate States Army: Czechoslovakia: Blue, white and red Donetsk People's Republic: Black, blue and red East Germany: Black, red and gold Blue National colours of Germany: France (Kingdom of France 987–1792, 1814–1848) White and blue French Blue, French Flags: German Empire
Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.