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...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

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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.

...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

'''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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...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

...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]])

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...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�

''[[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

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

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

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

...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

! [[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

...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

...ed = '''fŏur''' ''4'', '''fŏre''' ''front''; this pronunciation is used in American English for British '''fór'''-

...ter" and "liter" instead of "metre" and "litre" in keeping with standard [[American English]] spelling, which also corresponds to the official spelling used in several

'''Public''' ([[American English|AmE]]: /ˈpəblɪk/; [[British English|BrE]]: /ˈpʌblɪk/) is an important

'''râbid''' ([[American English|AmE]] can be '''á''') '''résumè''' ''[[American English|AmE]] CV'': may be written '''''résumé''''' or '''''resumé''''' to disti

'''néver mînd''' ''disregarding'' can be one word in American English (e.g. [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s album, ''[[Nevermind]]'', cf. British En

...; for [[schwa]]); or we can contrast [[British English]] *dizàstrus with [[American English|American]] *dizástrus. ...ealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] (see also [[Commonwealth English]]), and [[American English]] (AmE), that of the [[United States of America|USA]] and [[Canada]] (witho

'''môld''' ''[[American English]]'' = '''môuld''' ''[[British English]] '''môuld''' ''[[British English]]'' = '''môld''' ''[[American English]]''