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v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...
Obviously, Merriam-Webster's oversight is not being debated here. The Cambridge Dictionary citation is. Cambridge specifically says "mainly UK" for these definitions for "treble": 1) three times the size, 2) a soprano. Indeed, this is a glossary for "British terms not widely used in the United States" i.e., mainly used in the UK.
t. e. This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom. In Canada and Australia, some of the American terms listed are widespread; however, in some cases, another usage is preferred. Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g ...
LizFL ( talk) 18:12, 13 June 2014 (UTC) As the edit comment of the 9th May says "usage common to both countries (and poor ex. of British speech to use term chiefly Am term "movie"". This is an article on terms used in Britain and not the US so terms used both in Britain and in the US are not pertinent here.
Most speakers of American English are aware of some uniquely British terms. It is generally very easy to guess what some words, such as BrE "driving licence", mean, the AmE equivalent being "driver's license". However, use of many other British words such as naff (slang but commonly used to mean "not very good") are unheard of in American ...
By renaming the page as List of words mainly used in British English (link updated to List of British words not widely used in the United States because of proposed redirect deletion TrevorD 23:14, 9 May 2006 (UTC)) I implicitly assumed that Australia, New Zealand, etc. use some kind of a "variety" of British English; that is, the adjective ...
If a word is not even widely used in the UK then obviously it won't be widely used in the United States either. And the heading says "British words" which implies words that are used all over Britain. As it stands much of the list could also come under a heading List of British words not widely used in the United Kingdom, which would be silly.
British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish ...