What's the difference between British and American English

Some different words or sometimes spelling like lift vs elevator, truck vs lorry, colour vs color etc.

American has more Germanic words, like eggplant

>>72735774
What's the difference between hearing normal person speak and hearing retarded person speak?

>>72735774
>Colour vs. Color
>Tyre vs. Tire
> Grey vs. Gray
The ones on the right side are the correct ones by the way.

>>72735774
one is spoken by fat stupid sub humans

the other is spoken by americans

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>>72735774

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>shite

The biggest differences amount to vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciations.

The grammar is a bit different though, as American English has essentially dropped using past-participles as verbs, "is" is used when referring to collective nouns instead of "are" in American English, and Americans say "on" for dates and days instead of "at". Americans also omit "to" when talking about something they personally did for someone.

There's also some punctuation differences. Americans put commas and full stops inside of quotes instead of outside of them.

Speakers of Commonwealth English may see American English as a bastardised version of English (like how Dutch speakers view Afrikaans), but all English speakers have this feeling times a billion in regards to African American English.

>>72735871
what do brits call it then?

>>72736142
Aubergine

>>72735904
>beef wellington ensemble with lettuce

this is the part where i lose it every time

>>72736142
Aubergine

>>72736167
but we don't and we use british english

>>72736267
We don't use British English, we use Australian English, but both are varieties of Commonwealth English.

>>72736267
>and we use british english
Well it looks like not entirely, faggot

>>72736267
so did the usa at one point
languages change
different cultures change different aspects to suit their specific culture

>>72735774
they drop u's here and there, change s to z
also the pronounce words incorrectly

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GARE-edge
GUH-Roj

Correct English - American English
colour - color
pavement - sidewalk
aubergine - eggplant
blue - bloo
tyre - tire
tyred - tired
tired - tired
mentally handicapped - mr president
car park - parking lot
aluminium - aloomenum

>>72735774

The real question to Australians and Canadians:

What English sounds morre faggot: American or British?

>>72736387
Ayyy you cheeky cunt. Have a (you)

>>72735774
We speak like cowboys while they speak like sissy nannies

>>72735891
very good post

>>72736387
>pavement
>not footpath
get it fuckin right

>>72736435
hi Australian Canadian here
yanks sound like dumb faggy cunts

>>72736583
Australian whos in america. Brits are subhuman trash.

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Swap S out with Z and take a few u's out here and there.

>>72736382
>GUH-roj
Sounds like a khajit name

>>72736611
New Zealand Chinese here. British English very classy, American how you say.... tacky?

literally why keep the u's they don't do shit to pronunciation
wasteful, unnecessary, just as dumb as us keeping our ó

>>72736435
Americans sound like pretentious autistic fuckwads that were raised with both Chinese and Dutch. I can't fucking stand some of their pronunciations. Why do you cunts love the "æ" so much??? (In words like master, fast, plant, chance, answer, sample, dance, etc.)

Brits, depending on where in the UK they're from, sound like top cunts. For you illiterate Americans, a top cunt is a compliment.

>>72735774
Americans keep their English in the fridge

>>72736793
>Why do you cunts love the "æ" so much??
it sounds great and makes speech faster

>>72736790
Frivolity

>>72736853
No, the "a" flows better.

>>72736793
Please.
You people sound like Britain's backwoods hillbillies.

OYYYYYY CRIKEY DIGGEREEDOOOO!

>>72736900
You guys are literally Britain's backwoods hillbillies though.

>>72736944
Yeah except we're the best country in the world.

>>72736124
Americans' usage of adverbs is sketchy at best.

> real quick
> I'm good
> drive slow
Etc.

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>>72736793
>>72736877
>some faggot with a British tramp stamp flag giving out language opinions

Why do Americans say "a" instead of "o" for the letter o?
Who thought that was a good idea? What's the etymological reasoning? How does "dog" represent "dag"

>>72737066
you baiting? cause that never happens. maybe w/ bostonions.

Is it just me or is American English slowly turning into Ebonics? Feels like it just takes a few months for the niggas to invent a new word before white Americans start using it too.

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>>72736990
>Some johnny foreigner using old blighties language that hasn't been around for even 400 years giving out opinions

>>72736877
unless you run into a toothless old cunt - before they're done saying "maaaaaaaaaahster" you're already thinking about something else.
and don't even get me started on childish-sounding crap such as "lorry", "rubbish", "nappy" and "crisps"
i like brits, but their language sounds like it's only meant for children and old people

>>72737110
What? Aren't the Boston cunts the ones who don't say "a" in the place of "o"?
>>72737150
"a" has the same duration as "æ" lol

>>72737115
It's just slang and, imo, hasn't embedded itself in typical lexicon

>>72737115
To be fair, both Englishes, American and British, are pretty inventive like this. When I was young 'minger' wasn't a word, now it's pretty much in the core lexicon.

To suppress any kind of evolution, from whatever source, kills language. Just look at French and Spanish: dead.

>>72737192
cant say the same bout ur mom

>>72737192
I'm not sure but no one here says dog like dag. However people from minesotta will pronounce bag like bague.

>>72737267
Well, it's more like "daag"

>>72737235
Spanish doesn't suppress evolution. It's also far more widely spoken than French. Your point stands.

>>72736142
Nigger.

>>72736142
Brinjal

>>72737267
It's pretty common in the Great Lakes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English

>>72737291
I'm not sure maybe I just don't notice it.

>>72736387
Oi mate that's proppa cheeky.

>>72735774
>law = lorr
They think that -aw should somehow result in a rhotic R sound. This is even more pronounced with Aussies.

>>72735774
British english may sound better but it's KEKED by the French. Non anglos don't let your sons and daughters learn this degenerate version of English!!!

>>72737507
Literally no?
The only time a rhotic R is used in Commonwealth English is if both of these criteria are met:
a. the word ends with an r
b. the next word starts with a vowel
And even then, this isn't a rule. "Water-ice" could be pronounced as "woo-tə ais" instead of "woo-tər-ais"

>>72735774
This is a very minor nitpick that I've noticed. It's a bit subtle, but you can tell if you pay attention:

When greeting friends, English people usually say:
Alright?

Whereas Americans say:
Fuck you lookin at, ese?

>>72737636
Thats not true sometimes they say:
Ey whatchu lookin at punk?

>>72737570
>having a vocabulary that consists of more than 2 words
>KEKED by the French

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>>72737636
kek

>>72737570
Mate, your English is just as keked by the french as Britain's. If it weren't you'd call it Frisian or whatever it was.

This is just like the South Americans calling the Iberians "moors", without realizing that "moor" is the best they can call their "white" people since they all came from Iberia.

>>72737636
I'M WALKIN' HERE!

>>72737621
>3:20-3:30
https://youtu.be/yJXN5VPkyH8
It's not the only place I've heard it; just the easiest presentable example.

>>72737663
Yeah well your version of English isn't talked about at all in this thread because you are so irrelevant. How does that feel?

>>72737854
Lol Australian English is essentially a regional version of British English though.

>>72737835
My bad for writing the criteria wrong.
*The only time a rhotic R is used in Commonwealth English is if either of these criteria are met:
a. the word ends with an r and the next one starts with a vowel
b. the word ends with a vowel and the next one starts with a vowel
In the song, "law" was followed by "it".

>>72737928
Actually, it was followed by "abiding" (when you search in vain to find a law-abiding citizen...), but I see what your saying. Thanks for the explanation.

>>72738031
>your
Dammit...

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>>72735774

Both sound like this.

>>72738487


10/10

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>>72738487
Breddy gud, but I'd add Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins for the Brits and Frances McDormand in Fargo for the US.
Also, we need something for southerners, and they need something for northerners.

>>72735774
Americans say (river name) river
We say river (river name)

Por example: Mississippi River, River Thames

>>72736124
>but all English speakers have this feeling times a billion in regards to African American English.

you must mean Southern Vernacular English

>>72742093
Probably not. It's easier to understand a white southern hillbilly than it is to understand any urban black.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English

So, which accent that I have to learn? I'm speaking by british accent but I don't know how to write it.

>>72742384
Accents are not 'written'.

There are two standard spellings: British/International and American. Just pick one and stick to it. If you're learning British English pronunciation, I'd suggest to stick to British spellings.

>>72742384
I think most non english speakers learn british english.

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>>72736167
>>72736202
Really makes you think.

Some Americans seem to have no short vowels besides unstressed vowels. Like Brits will say dog and yanks will say daaaaawwwwwwg.

Also American English is like 20 db louder. Literally you can tell the difference between Brits and Yanks here in seconds because of the fact you can hear yanks from the other side of town

>>72738487

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