Do dictionaries in England differ from USA?

Question

I don't mean the definitions.
In England, I'm just wondering if the pronunciation key for a word like "car" actually shows it being pronounced like "cah".

Answer 1

If it is a British published dictionary then the "British English" spellings would be first and then they would most likely put in the American English spelling.
Also, there are words in British English which have different meanings to those in America,

A car "Hood" in America is the rear luggage compartment lid -- In English it is the front engine compartment lid.

In British English it is toilet or lavatory where as in the US it is "bathroom"

Bathroom in British/Australian English is where the bath and shower are located. In the US it is the "Washroom".

There are many other differences in meaning and spelling between the two.

The most accurate Dictionary for both British and US English would be the "Complete Oxford English Dictionary" which also includes variations from Australia and other countries.

Answer 2

There are so many accents in both England and the USA that I doubt any dictionary-publishing company would feel they have all the pronunciations covered.
There probably are different dictionaries in England to cover different idioms and colloquialisms, though.

EDIT: I had to check back and be sure you didn't mean definitions... you only meant pronunciations.

Answer 3

Yes, but not very thoroughly..Most americans use the Merriam-Webster Version, or the American Heritage and In england mostly use the Oxford dictionary or the Cambridge one...we have many lexical variations there in terms of vocabulary and contextual-use...For example if americans use eggplant..british use aubergine, if americans say pail, british say bucket, if americans say sneakers, british would say running shoes or other terms, if americans say diaper, british would say nappy and many other things....with regard to the pronunciation, americans usually pronounce it in nasal..and british more on the vocal, and most of the times sounding like omitting "r" oh this is a long range of explanation, but anyway this is just a part of the whole scenario....if you have other inquiries , please email me or ask here again, I would gladly help you, ok???

Answer 4

They do differ based on the fact that in England their words are different then ours. For example a chip over there is a fry to us. Also as well as you put it they pronounce things different. My grandparents just moved here from England and I looked in their dictionary it is different.

Answer 5

i visit be helping united states. And definite, i'm Scottish :D Its purely incorrect for a Scottish man or woman to assist England. I advise they does no longer help us if it grew to become into any other way around. Edit: we don't hate English people as such. Scottish people and English people get on fairly properly, with a pair of exceptions (like everywhere fairly). yet whilst it includes soccer, the final group the Scottish choose to win is the English and vice versa. Its purely friendly opposition. we don't hate, as somebody talked approximately greater down. i assume you purely do no longer are responsive to it until eventually you're Scottish or English.

Answer 6

Yes, the Oxford Dictionary is up-dated a lot more then the Webster Dictionary - the Oxford Dictionary is also one of the largest dictionary in the world and it is highly recommended for use when playing scrabble

Answer 7

I do not know if they publish pronunciation. The Oxford dictionary describes only English (non-American) words.

Answer 8

We have regional accents and different pronunciations all over the country, which affects the way we speak and say words.

Answer 9

The Brits call the luggage compartment of a car the "bonnet". Hee hee! And as a general rule, every verb that ends in "ize" in the USA ends in "ise" in the UK, for instance *apologize* versus "apologise" etc.

Answer 10

Many words are spelled differently and of course they will show a different pronunciation.