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  1. Oct 16, 2016 · Map created by reddit user Speech500. The map above shows which version of English is most commonly taught in schools – British or American. Of course this does not mean that people actually speak the version they learn in school, it’s just what they are taught. For example, Canada is listed as learning British English, which is partially true.

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    Unless noted otherwise all words listed here are assumed to be pluralized by adding -s or -es. References in the "Sources" column relate to the headword in column one; variant spellings are then separately referenced. The sources given are selective, and the absence of a reference to a particular dictionary does not necessarily mean that the word d...

    In many word games, most famously in Scrabble, a player must build a word using a certain set of letters. Therefore, if a player is obliged to use a Q but does not have a U, it may be useful to construct words from this list. In Scrabble in North America, the only acceptable words with a Q and not a U are qi, qat, qaid, qadi, qoph, qanat, tranq, fa...

    [AH]: The American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition →ISBN
    [AHC]: American Heritage College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 2000
    [AOX]: Ask OxfordLast accessed May 29, 2006.
    [C]: The Chambers Dictionary, 2003
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  3. Often, British words tend to use more vowels, such as the extra U in words like “colour” and “valour.”. But, once again, the trend in American English is to simplify the spelling of words. This means that pairs of two or more vowels together, such as A with E or O with U, are sometimes reduced down to just one of those vowels in ...

  4. British and other Commonwealth English use the ending -logue while American English commonly uses the ending -log for words like analog (ue), catalog (ue), dialog (ue), homolog (ue), etc, etymologically derived from Greek -λόγος -logos ("one who speaks (in a certain manner)").

  5. Flavour. In America, you could say that somebody has "good taste" (in music, e.g.) But you wouldn't say that food has "a good taste," but "a good flavor." You can say that in Euro-English as well — spelling it "flavour." The. Ten a penny. A dime a dozen. The. excluded in some European phrases.

  6. Oct 24, 2022 · American: [ ba- boon ] British: [ b uh – boon ] Learn the difference between different British monetary terms with this look at quid vs. pound. Other words have much more dramatic pronunciation differences. Some examples include: zebra. American: [ zee -br uh ] British: [ zeb -r uh ] figure.

  7. In Finland, the euro is the official currency, and Swedish is an official language alongside Finnish. The same spelling as in Sweden is used (officially Swedish in Finland is spelt as in Sweden). The pronunciation, however, is [ˈěuro], which has some similarities to Finnish pronunciation.