2006-06-07 19:22:44 · 6 answers · asked by FBans 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
who speaks it, the accent, the use of definite and indefinite articles (e.g. "in hospital" vs "in the hospital"), a zillion gabillion idioms such as "school leaver" instead of "high school graduate", spellings (programme vs program), the use of "presently" (meaning after awhile in british and right now in american), countless slang words, the fact that american has verbed a number of former nouns such as contact... pick up a publication from britain and compare it to a similar one in america and have a look.
2006-06-07 19:28:01 · answer #1 · answered by nemo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American English is more concise and practical.
Color vs Colour
Program vs Programme
Analog vs Analogue
Center vs Centre
Donut vs Doughnut
Honor vs Honour
Humor vs Humour
Favorite vs Favourite
2006-06-08 03:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English often use 's' where Americans use 'z', eg localise vs localize
colour vs color
Gaol vs jail
There are hundreds more examples.
2006-06-08 02:33:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accents?
2006-06-08 02:25:13 · answer #4 · answered by *AstrosChick* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
visit wikipedia
why the hell have you put it under "biology"
2006-06-08 05:11:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
phonetic
2006-06-08 05:01:11 · answer #6 · answered by hai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋