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英国英语和美国英语

Differences between American English and British English
AMERICAN USAGE
BRITISH USAGE
DIFFERENT WORDS - SAME MEANING
1. Elevator
2. Trunk (of a car)
3. Subway
4. Scotch
5. Period
6. Cookie
7. Gas/Gasoline
8. Kid(s)
9. Cell phone
10. Sidewalk
11. Soccer
12. Football
13. Fall (the season, not the action)
14. Vacation
15. School terminology:
a. Semester - there are two in a year, allowing for a break over Christmas and the new year.
b. Freshman - a student in the first year of high school or university.
c. Sophomore - a student in the second year.
d. Junior - a third year student, or a student in the year before the final year of university or high school.
e. Senior - a student in their last year.
f. High School - secondary education
g. Public school - state run
h. Private School - private
SAME WORD - DIFFERENT MEANING
1.Fag - a derogatory word for a homosexual man
2.Period - a full stop, (also a length of time or the hour-long lessons into which the school day is divided - these meanings apply in British English too).
3. To table (something) - to put an issue or problem aside for later, usually because it';s too difficult to deal with.
4. Tea - the drink, not a meal.
SPELLING
Basically the Americans like to make it as simple as possible - it doesn';t take much imagination to figure out why.
• "ER" - e.g. center, theater, meter
•"L" - e.g. jewelry, traveling, marvelous, councilor
• "Z not S" - e.g. symbolize, modernize, urbanization, organizer
•"O not OU" - e.g. neighbor, honor, favorite, color, harbor
•"M not MME" "N not NNE" - e.g. program, ton
1. tire
2. pickax
3. defense, (defensive)
4. airplane, (aircraft, airport)
5. toward
•For dates and days "on" is not used.
e.g. He said Thursday.
They spoke at a news conference in Hong Kong August 5, 2001.



•When talking about how long something
will last or has lasted, "through" is used. "Through" implies a continuous run until the end of the day/date mentioned.
e.g. The symposium is to last through Friday.
(It will last until the end of Friday)
The play ran from January 1 through February 18.
DIFFERENT WORDS - SAME MEANING
1. Lift (as an alternative to the stairs)
2. Boot (of a car)
3. Underground/Tube
4. Whiskey
5. Full stop
6. Biscuit
7. Petrol
8. Child(ren)
9. Mobile phone
10. Pavement
11. Football
12. American football
13. Autumn
14. Holiday
15. School terminology:
a. Term - there are three in the year - the autumn term from Sept to Dec, the spring term from Jan/Feb to April and the summer term from April to June/July. The April break is for Easter.
b. Fresher: a first year student at university, especially used during the first term.
Then we say - first year, second year, third year. e.g. she';s a third year.
c. Finalist - a student in their last year of university about to take their final exams and graduate.
d. Secondary School - not high school
e. State school - state run, tuition is free.
f. Public School - private, tuition needs to be paid by each student.
SAME WORD - DIFFERENT MEANING
1. Fag - a colloquial word for a cigarette
2. Period - menstruation, not a full stop.
3. To table (something) - e.g. to table a motion. To bring an idea or issue up, to suggest it to one';s fellows, to put it on the table so that everyone can see it and start to deal with it.
4. Tea - often said to mean the evening meal, but also a drink (with jam and bread).
SPELLING
The Brits are more traditional - they like their old fashioned spellings that make things as difficult as possible.
• "RE" - e.g. centre, theatre, metre. But not entre - that';s French - it';s enter
• "LL" - e.g. jewellery, travelling, marvellous, councillor,
• "S not Z" - e.g. symbolise, modernise, urbanisation, organiser
• "OU not O" - e.g neighbour, honour, favourite, colour, harbour
•"MME not M" "NNE not N" - e.g. programme, (but telegram is not telegramme), tonne.
1. tyre
2. pickaxe
3. defence, (defensive)
4. aeroplane, (aircraft, airport)
5. towards
•For dates and days "on" is used.
e.g. He said on Thursday
They spoke at a news conference in Hong Kong on August 5, 2001.
It is sometimes OK to omit the "on" and use a comma instead - usually in picture captions or with long sentences.
e.g. Hong Kong';s Andy Lau and India';s Sajit Ray pose for photographers at a news conference in Hong Kong, August 2, 2001. Also, it';s "last Sunday," not "on last Sunday."
•When talking about how long something
will last or has lasted, "through" is not used. Instead we say "until," "from…until," "from…to."
e.g. The symposium is to last until Friday.
The play ran from January 1 until/to February 18.

I';m very sorry that I made it look so terrible. Don';t blame me. It was a form but I can';t write form in this web so I can only do this...

英国英语和美国英语

我记得我小时候参加英语比赛，考官问我what';s the diffrences between American English and British English
我说 American English speak fast but British English don';t
………………………………………………………………………………

英国英语和美国英语

我觉得美式英语的单词好像有些比英式的要简一点~不知道是不是呀[quote][b]下面引用由[u]夏天的落叶[/u]在 [i]2005/02/12 05:00pm[/i] 发表的内容：[/b]
我记得我小时候参加英语比赛，考官问我what';s the diffrences between American English and British English
我说 American English speak fast but British English don';t
……………………………　...
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厉害!

英国英语和美国英语

第一他们的发音不一样，第二在美式英语中不常用的词在英式英语利用的次数不少。像：bloody，cheerio。都是口语类的。第三，意思不一样。像：fag，美式的意思是“烟”而英式就是“同性恋”。
我只知道这么一点，June和uni应该知道不少……
PS。这是你自己写的吗？

英国英语和美国英语

说一口流利的英音，真的是很高贵呢。
美语随随便便的。像我这种在德州的更是很土了。lol

英国英语和美国英语

我自己写的？承蒙夸奖！不是的啦~
英国英语的发音没有er那个音，都是呆呆的说

英国英语和美国英语

又长了不少知识~copy下来慢慢看

英国英语和美国英语

Vivalaluv 在austin?羡慕死了！
知道andy住在哪吗？尽管他要搬去florida了！！！
啊啊啊啊！
你好幸福啊！！！！！

英国英语和美国英语

不过说到这两种语言的不同，真的是很有体会呢。
因为一直以来学的是美语，现在来到英国虽然已经该了不少了，但是说急了还是美语爆出来。英国人想来认为只有英式英语才称得上英语呢。

英国英语和美国英语

好长时间没看英文了。好长时间了长的都忘了什么感觉了。
冷不丁看不下去，看不下去。

英国英语和美国英语

个人比较喜欢英语，虽然现在老师教的都是美语。大概是因为罗琳的原因吧。
不过美语还是挺好听的。如果在美国呆的时间长了去英国会很不适应的。

英国英语和美国英语

[quote][b]下面引用由[u]unicorn[/u]在 [i]2005/02/14 00:39am[/i] 发表的内容：[/b]
Vivalaluv 在austin?羡慕死了！
知道andy住在哪吗？尽管他要搬去florida了！！！
啊啊啊啊！
你好幸福啊！！！！！
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我家离他买的房子应该满近的吧？是Westlake吗？
我这个城市，别看不大，明星却很多很多。我却没有碰到过几个。
Sandra Bullock在我朋友的家旁边呢。

英国英语和美国英语

帮我去照照andy的房子把~~~
andy阿~
andy阿~
你真的好幸福啊！
都不知道怎么表达自己的想法了。

英国英语和美国英语

在说什么啊？
好奇ing

英国英语和美国英语

现在好象大多老师都教美式的....
好象当年都是英式的.
我有一个老师曾说过...她觉得美式英语比较好听..
还有一个老师告诉过我们两个读音的区别...
再就没了.
好象在英国人大多不喜欢别人说美式的
但是在美国好象.好像,说英式英语很gentleman

英国英语和美国英语

我还是比较喜欢英试发音~觉得很有种classic的感觉~尤其是像hp和lotr这类的电影，英美语就是不好听，我有一个在美国的朋友就特别喜欢英试发音~
也可能因人而异吧~

英国英语和美国英语

虽然想学英式英语，但现在真的没有老师教。连外教都是美国人。
有哪位能指教一下吗？

英国英语和美国英语

找一些比较经典的英式电视电影来看看吧
比如bbc的傲慢与偏见是经典拉
教材方面new concept english应该是少有的英式英语好教材之一了，但是我知道他们有美式的录音，买的时候要注意阿。

英国英语和美国英语

上次买了一个盗版的hp3，看得我都吐血了，翻译的那叫一个折磨人，dementor好象翻译成灵魂了，连一些基本的词像castle都译错了。可是要没有字幕我又不能全都听懂，哀~~郁闷ing~~