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The Office: An American Workplace: The Office* To avoid confusion with the original British series The Office, which the American series was adapted from. Australia uses the British title on the DVD of the first season and the original title on all subsequent releases. Film Build My Gallows High: Out of the Past*
McDonagh is Irish-British playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director, born in London to Irish parents. [4] Mike Leigh Happy-Go-Lucky: Nominated 2010 Another Year: Nominated Christopher Nolan Inception: Nominated David Seidler: The King's Speech: Won Seidler is a British-American playwright and film writer. 2014 Hugo Guinness: The Grand ...
Some usages identified as American English are common in British English; e.g., disk for disc. A few listed words are more different words than different spellings: "aeroplane/airplane", "mum/mom". See also: American and British English differences, Wikipedia:List of common misspellings and Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English
American religious figure Amor de Cosmos: William Smith 2nd premier of British Columbia, Canada Anarchasis Cloots: Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce Prussian-French noble Anthony Garotinho: Anthony Matheus de Oliveira Brazilian broadcaster, politician, and criminal Aristides William Lloyd Garrison: American activist and journalist Arkan: Ċ½eljko ...
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Post-nominal letters are used in the United Kingdom after a person's name in order to indicate their positions, qualifications, memberships, or other status. There are various established orders for giving these, e.g. from the Ministry of Justice, Debrett's, and A & C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, which are generally in close agreement.