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List of British words not widely used in the United States
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List of British words not widely used in the United States
This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (eg pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. -
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List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom
This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom. ... | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English | -
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American and British English differences
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List of words having different meanings in British and American English
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American and British English spelling differences
British aeroplane is an instance (compare other aero- words such as aerosol). ... | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English | -
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The flapping of intervocalic /t/ and /d/ to alveolar tap [ɾ] before unstressed vowels (as in butter, party) and syllabic /l/ (bottle), as well as at the end of a word or morpheme before any vowel (what else, whatever). ... | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English | -
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American and British English pronunciation differences
List of words of disputed pronunciation ... | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English | -
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British English
According to Tom McArthur in the Oxford Guide to World English (p. 45), "[f]or many people...especially in England [the phrase British English] is tautologous," and it shares "all the ambiguities and tensions in the word British, and as a result can be used and interpreted in two ways, more broadly or more narrowly, within a range of blurring and ambiguity". ... | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English | -
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British and American keyboards
People in these countries were forced to choose between a keyboard layout incompatible with their hardware, or having their spell checker software complain about the proper spelling of words such as "colour", "centre", etc. ... | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English |
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List of British words not widely used in the United States