{"id":2668,"date":"2018-02-09T16:33:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T15:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2018-04-25T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T11:40:14","slug":"british-english-versus-american-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/2018\/02\/british-english-versus-american-english\/","title":{"rendered":"British English or American English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where you learn your English affects not just how you pronounce words but even the vocabulary you use. Which language do you speak? British English or American English?
\n\"British<\/p>\n

British English or American English Test<\/h2>\n

Anticlockwise or counterclockwise<\/p>\n

Biscuit or cookie<\/p>\n

Chemist\u00a0 or drugstore<\/p>\n

Autumn or the fall<\/p>\n

Car park or parking lot<\/p>\n

Crisps or potato chips<\/p>\n

Sweets or candy<\/p>\n

Casualty or emergency room<\/p>\n

Cinema or movie theatre<\/p>\n

Dustbin or garbage can<\/p>\n

Football or soccer<\/p>\n

Garden or yard<\/p>\n

Holiday or vacation<\/p>\n

Lift or elevator<\/p>\n

Lorry or truck<\/p>\n

Mobile phone or cell phone<\/p>\n

Petrol or gas<\/p>\n

If you selected the first option in each line, you are speaking British English, the second option being American English. \u00a0Did you end up with a mixture of the two? The reality is in many cases, even the Brits themselves may end up using \u2018Americanisms’. \u00a0Perhaps not too surprising when you consider \u00a0the global dominance of American movies and TV.<\/p>\n

Have we piqued your interest?\u00a0 Discover more<\/a> with Oxford dictionaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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