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...d brings into its discourse a range of concerns, including the politics of American English, the question of national identity and culture in the early moments of Amer * Gallardo, Andres. "The Standardization of American English." PhD dissertation State U. of New York, Buffalo 1980. 367 pp. DAI 1981 4

...sence of <nowiki><u></nowiki> in words such as ''colour'' in [[British and American English]]. Some languages, such as [[Japanese language|Japanese]], use more than on

American English: '''Thôugh Î thínk ít's bêíng thŏught'''/'''thóught throûgh thör�

...lish is its [[orthography|spelling]] conventions: ''colour'' rather than [[American English]] ''color'', for example. These so-called 'British' spellings are however c *[[British and American English]]

...ge|English]], including differing standards such as [[British English]], [[American English]], [[Australian English]]...

...nalysis of the [[Brown Corpus]], a carefully compiled selection of current American English, totalling about a million words drawn from a wide variety of sources. Kuce ...land English), ACE (Australian English), the [[Frown Corpus]] (early 1990s American English), and the [[FLOB Corpus]] (1990s British English).

Is that normal English nowadays? Or American English? I don't think I'd heard it before, though I was aware that it must imply n

* Brengelman, Fred H. (1970). Sounds and letters in American English. In ''The English language: An introduction for teachers'' (pp.&nbsp;77–9 * Cummings, D. W. (1988). ''American English spelling: An informal description''. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University

...d possibly correcting. I shall have no objection at all if it is put into American English, to be consistent with the word organization in other subject headings. I

...s English name is pronounced [ˈzed] in [[British English]] and [ˈziː] in [[American English|American]], and these are sometimes spelt ''zed'' and ''zee''.

...ram''' ([[British English]], ''tramway''; also known as ''streetcar'' in [[American English]]) is a rail vehicle for use in urban areas. Trams are almost exclusively u

...northern [[sky]]. Its brightest stars are also known as the Big Dipper (in American English) and the Plough (in British English). Constellations Ursa Major (the "Big D

...sh English]] terminology; slashes: /'slæʃɪz/ and brackets: ['brækɪts] in [[American English]].</ref> The former are used for [[phoneme|phonemic]] transcription, the la ...d as is the 'a' in 'father', or in [[British English]] 'fast', or 'o' in [[American English]] 'not'

...hown here as '''qùa'''-): '''qùantity, qùarrel, qùality, eqùality''' (in [[American English]], these are just '''quà'''-.). And, also as after '''w''', it can go eve ...e''' sounds like -k: BrE '''chéque''' ''money'' (= '''chéck''' ''verify, [[American English|AmE]] money'' = '''Czéch''' ''nationality''), '''unìque, bezìque, oblìq

...ter}}; [[English spellings/Catalogs/Apostrophe|in lists]] {{pl|British and American English}} ¤ {{pl|English irregular nouns}} {{pl|English irregular verbs}} {{pl|Eng

'''Eggplant''' is the name in American English for ''[[Solanum]] melongena'', a perennial cultivated for its edible [[frui

::I am also one of very few Citizens who is bilingual in Commonwealth and American English. Many people here feel that they have the ability to write in both, but ac

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...knote''' (informally '''note''' in [[British English]] and '''bill''' in [[American English]]; also called '''paper money''') is a written assurance of payment to the

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...rnational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry</ref>) or '''aluminium''' ([[American English]]) is a [[Chemical elements|chemical element]], having the [[chemical symb

...nouns semantically refer to a group, but can be grammatically singular. [[American English]] prefers collective nouns to be singular unless there is more than one gro

'He attended University of Texas.' Is this acceptable in American English? [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 18:38, 5 February 2008 (CST)

...glish-language [[newspaper]]s, this variety is typically very similar to [[American English]] in [[vocabulary]], [[grammar]] and [[spelling]]. However, there are a num ...here these occur between vowels and in an unstressed [[syllable]] of North American English, e.g. ''city'' or ''butter''. This sound is known to phoneticians as a [[fl

I'm inclined to think this should be in American English--surely we eat many more hot dogs than you do "across the pond," no?

...opt 'British' spellings and vocabulary tomorrow, they would still be using American English, and we would not start to call it either 'Commonwealth English' or 'Britis

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...tish English, but may be called "Metro" in many languages, and "subway" in American English.

A '''theatre''' (spelt '''theater''' in [[American English|US English]]) is a structure in which [[theatre|theatrical]] or dramatic wo *[[Cinema]] (American English "movie theater")

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* [[Karat]]: (American English) unit for measuring the proportion of gold in a piece of metal (usually jew

'''Diarrhea''' (sometimes [[British and American English#ae and oe become e|spelled]] '''diarrhoea''') is "an increased liquidity or

'''Collectables''', or, in American English, ''collectibles'', are items of human manufacture considered worth keeping.

# He '''practiced''' ([[American English|AmE]])/'''practised''' ([[British English|BrE]]) piano until 2 a.m.

This article, since it will be in American English (as it concerns an American topic), should be copyedited accordingly.

The '''metre''' (American English: '''meter''') of a poem is the basic, recurring pattern of some ''countable

|AE= American English

:::How odd! I have added this to [[British and American English]]. If US Customary ''is'' commonly understood in the US, I would suggest us

...crûcifŷ, mágnifŷ''', [[British English|BrE]] '''páralŷse, ánalŷse''' (in [[American English|AmE]], both -'''yze'''), and stressed in '''hŷacinth, dŷnamite, Dionŷsu

The '''Comité International des Poids et Mesures''' (in American English: ''International Committee for Weights and Measures''), abbreviated '''CIPM

...'''ẁarrant, Ẁarwick''' (= '''ó''', as in '''ẁas, ẁant''', all '''wà''' in American English)

Like a [[full-stop]] ([[British English]], known as a period in [[American English]]), a colon can follow a grammatically complete utterance. The same is true

...'God'' (= '''nòne''' ''negative''). The sound is a stressed [[schwa]] in [[American English]], [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ʌ] in standard [[British Engli

* {{search link|"killometer"|killometer|ns0|ns14|ns100}} is [[American English]]

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'''ÛS''' ''America'' *yû-wéss, cf. '''ús''' ''we''; [[American English|American]] usage insists on 'U.S.', which avoids confusion with 'us' in upp

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Toô-nìzhə [[American English|AmE]]; [[British English|BrE]] Chû-nízìə '''Tunisia'''

The '''metre''' (American English: '''meter''') of a poem is the basic, recurring pattern of some ''countable

...call them ''rotaries'' in American? This should be added to [[British and American English]]. [[User:Caesar Schinas|Caesar Schinas]] 06:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

...m a big fan of "World English" which is a bit broader in scope than either American English or British English, and which allows for multiple name transliterations and ::::With respect to the World English, American English or British English, you should look with some haste at [http://forum.citize

'''vîse''' ''grip'': [[American English|American]] alternative spelling of '''vîce''' in this sense only

...reland (state)|Ireland]], and maizemeal in [[East Africa]]. Speakers of [[American English]] understand the word ''porridge'' but generally do not employ it, referrin

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...ited to see how you grow it. I noticed that the article was started using American English (AE) in its metadata--and in the spelling of the article name itself--but y

...ces originated it at roughly the same time, but it does have the flavor of American English.

...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

cf. '''paréntheses''': whether between parentheses ([[American English|AmE]]; [[British English|BrE]] brackets), square brackets (BrE; AmE bracket

...ant reviewers for drafts, especially people who don't necessarily think in American English.

mostly schwa; stressed -'''ër''' in some words; [[British and American English|some AmE -'''er''' words are -'''re''' in BrE]]: -'''er ...rE]]: ''entertainment'' '''prémiére''', ''minister'' '''prémier'''; both [[American English|AmE]]: '''premíere''' = '''premíer

The sound is a stressed [[schwa]] in [[American English]] ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ə]), and [ʌ] in [[British Eng [[schwa]], (though for [[American English|AmE]] speakers, these can also be '''ô'''): '''bòrough''' (*búrə), '''t

...for matters of formatting, punctuation, etc. and Garner's ''Dictionary of American English Usage'' for issues of usage. For British English, consult Fowler's ''Modern

::I have tried to reinstate American English, in line with CZ policy as the article was in that variant. Could an Americ

...pronunciation that constitute recognised differences between [[British and American English]], a notable example being the suffix -'''ary''', as in '''díctionary''', Sometimes '''Dâvies''' can be heard with this pronunciation (often in American English), instead of being homophonous with '''Dâvis'''. The tendency has been sl

Hello, I have a pedagogical piece called 'British & American English' which lists the differences in spelling & pronunciation. If you've seen m ==Differences between British and American English==

...ped'' is British. As the articles here seem to have been written mainly in American English, your solution may be better after all indeed. Best regards, [[User:Stefan

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...it "lousing up the metric figure" thats because the article was written in american english, therefore metric was the unit to be converted to. The template displayed t

Again, merely intended as help, I note that the Metadata sheet indicates that American English (AE) will be used. If that was your intent, then the word "programme" in th

:::Your comment about the compatability of American English and kilometre is a good one. In the 19-20 months since I joined CZ, I have

! [[American English|English, US]]

...imes referred to as a '''vapor'''<ref>American spelling: the [[British and American English|British variant]] is '''vapour'''</ref>) is one of the four major [[Physics

...of the article is American and hence the language of the article should be American English. * "approved", - in American English, the comma goes inside the quotation marks

...pages, we have a "Variant" field which suggests articles can be written in American English, British, Australian etc... --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 15:24, 2 ...n a minority on the current EC, so it's unlikely to pass a policy of using American English as default.

* British and American English are <s>probably</s> a little mixed up in the text. ...of refractory tissue, overall reading by someone else than me, British VS American english). --[[User:Nereo Preto|Nereo Preto]] 10:43, 31 January 2008 (CST)

...aker is intending to speak standard American English. Speakers of standard American English ''do'' follow subject-verb agreement, and thus if the intention is to teach