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...d individuals' behavior. Thus the etymological clarification and reform of American English promised to improve citizens' manners and thereby preserve republican purit ...spelling rules were unnecessarily complex, so his dictionary introduced [[American English]] spellings like "color" instead of "colour," "wagon" instead of "waggon,"

...[obama], with short [[vowel]]s; cf. Barack Obama's surname, [oʊbɑ:mə] in [[American English]].</ref> (小浜市 ''Obama-shi''<ref>Literally 'little beach'.</ref>) is a

* variant - which English dialect (AE for American English, or BE for British English, or CE for Canadian English)

...ish English referred to as just '''Solitaire''', while the latter term, in American English, refers to the type of card game known in British English as [[Patience]])

*[[American English]]

...|title=Word frequency lists and dictionary from the Corpus of Contemporary American English}}, {{cite web |url=http://subtlexus.lexique.org/ |title=SubtlexUS: American

...c [[U.S. Senate|Senator]]" or "Senator Kerry is a Democrat," is standard [[American English|American]] usage, while "Kerry is a Democrat Senator" is controversial.

But where -'''n't''' follows a vowel sound (or a vowel-drenched '''r''' in [[American English|AmE]]), there is no new syllable: '''cān't, shān't, àren't, wëren't, d�

...on. I'm curious, however, as to why British English is been translated to American English; e.g, Favour to favor. Its not a big problem of course, but may be in the f Thats fine David. Its not something I care terribly about (The British V American English debate that is) but I recognise many don't feel the same way and so had to

...variable". However, if this is an issue of the Queen's english versus my American english, or some other purely cultural artifact, let me know and I'll be happy to c

...for matters of formatting, punctuation, etc. and Garner's ''Dictionary of American English Usage'' for issues of usage.

''[[British English|BrE]]'' '''môuld''' = ''[[American English|AmE]]'' '''môld ''[[American English|American]]'' '''môld''' = ''[[British English|British]]'' '''môuld

BrE '''cátalógue''': see [[British and American English]] for more examples: AmE '''cátalog

...le for matters of formatting, punctuation, etc. and Garner's Dictionary of American English "Usage for issues of usage.

A '''[[Wrench (tool)|wrench]]''' ([[American English]]), or '''spanner''' ([[British English]]), is a [[fastening tool]] used to

A number of verbs that are irregular in [[British English]] are regular in [[American English]], such as '''spéll''': both past forms are '''spélt''' in BrE, but the r |dîved ([[American English|AmE]] also has dôve, cf. dòve ''bird'')

*[http://www.bartleby.com/68/20/120.html The Columbia Guide to Standard American English (1993): A.D., B.C., (A.)C.E., B.C.E.]

...g differences are insignificant compared with those of British English and American English.

The other long sound, '''à''', is heard in both British and American English before '''r''': '''pàrt, fàrm, yàrd, vàrnish, tàrt, gàrden, màrk''' ...the great majority of words standard British English '''à''' is '''á''' in American English and some varieties of British and Commonwealth English (and long in America

...es against standard American English practice, but that's because standard American English practice in this area is quite stupid and needs to change. It's especially