Difference between American and British English

1 2 3 4 5 6

Share on Facebook

Alder

#142441 Wed, 28 Sep 05 04:06 AM

[link]

It's useful.

Alder

Joined on Wed, Sep 28 2005

New Member (01)

Numbers, Difference Between

Anonymous

#155215 Fri, 04 Nov 05 06:44 PM

Good morning,Zeeshan,

I'm Lily from China.Now,I have a problem need your help.I'll leave for school next year,so our teacher ask us to write research papers during a short time.But I don't know what to do about it.My research paper's topic is "the difference between british english and american ehglish".I can't find any more informations I need.Please help.Thank you so much!

Anonymous

Anonymous

#167505 Thu, 08 Dec 05 05:28 AM

i think you mean it the other way around, where i'm from in michigan fag means a homosexual. i've never heard anyone from america refer to a fag as a cigarette. EVER!

Anonymous

Difference Between

Mister Micawber

#167521 Thu, 08 Dec 05 06:18 AM

Nevertheless, fag is also AmE slang (if perhaps dated) for cigarette.

Quick definitions (fag)

noun: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

noun: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

See the American Heritage Dictionary, for instance: 'NOUN: Slang A cigarette.'

Mister Micawber

Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004

Yokohama

Veteran Member (22,612)

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

Difference Between, Nouns

nona the brit

#167560 Thu, 08 Dec 05 07:49 AM

It's interesting that 24 hour clock is seen as 'un-British'. It's very common here in more formal situations. I wouldn't use it in speech but I've read plenty of 24hour transport timetables and filled out plenty of 24hour schedules and timesheets.

nona the brit

Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004

England

Veteran Member (11,450)

The name says it all.

Difference Between

Anonymous

#169122 Mon, 12 Dec 05 02:01 PM

1. Men's hairdressers are barbers in the UK too.

2. The post/mail thing is a bit more complicated ... both terms are known and used in both countries, however:
In America, the post brings your mail, whereas in the UK, the (royal) mail brings your post.

3. Perambulator ... technically correct, but normally shorterned to "pram"

Anonymous

Difference Between

Anonymous

#185612 Thu, 19 Jan 06 06:27 AM

that's so wrong....

In the U.S. fag or faggot means.. a homosexual. No one says "I'm gonna go smoke a fag" in the United States. They say "I'm gonna go smoke a cigarette." From what I've heard, in the UK fag means cigarette.

Anonymous

Difference Between

Mister Micawber

#185650 Thu, 19 Jan 06 09:08 AM

Sorry, Anon-- I'm American and I say fag for cigarette: Got any fags? Of course, I am probably considerably older than you.

Mister Micawber

Difference Between

Anonymous

#195611 Sat, 11 Feb 06 07:47 PM

Just to make a correction, anita has it reversed in her post, a fag or faggot is homosexuale in American English and is a lighter/cigarrette in British English.

Anonymous

Difference Between, British English, American English

1 2 3 4 5 6