Differences in British and American English

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Differences in British and American English

Differences in British and American English

In the following slides I 'll show a picture of an item, either a thing or a person,
and then I will say the American English word for that item first,
followed by the British English word for the item.
Here we go.
Cookies.
Biscuits.
Wallet.
Billfold.
Pants.
Trousers.
Mailman.
Postman.
A vacation.
A holiday.
A flat.
A puncture.
A purse.
Handbag.
Flashlight.
Torch.
The hood of a car.
The bonnet of a car.
Gas or gasoline.
Petrol.
The subway.
The tube or the underground.
The bathroom.
The loo.

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show
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and then I will say the American English word for that item first,
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word
say
item
then
followed by the British English word for the item.
for
the
English
word
by
item
followed
British
Here we go.
go
we
Here
Cookies.
Cookies
Biscuits.
Biscuits
Wallet.
Wallet
Billfold.
Billfold
Pants.
Pants
Trousers.
Trousers
Mailman.
Mailman
Postman.
Postman
A vacation.
A
vacation
A holiday.
A
holiday
A flat.
A
flat
A puncture.
A
puncture
A purse.
A
purse
Handbag.
Handbag
Flashlight.
Flashlight
Torch.
Torch
The hood of a car.
a
The
car
of
hood
The bonnet of a car.
a
The
car
of
bonnet
Gas or gasoline.
or
Gas
gasoline
Petrol.
Petrol
The subway.
The
subway
The tube or the underground.
The
the
or
tube
underground
The bathroom.
The
bathroom
The loo.
The
loo