ОСНОВНЫЕ РАЗЛИЧИЯ МЕЖДУ БРИТАНСКИМ И АМЕРИКАНСКИМ ВАРИАНТАМИ АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

Основные различия в орфографии

Британский

-our
honour
labour
colour
splendour
-re
centre
theatre
litre
fibre
metre
-ce
defence
licence
practice
offence
-s-
organisation
analyse
-me, -ue
programme
catalogue
monologue
dialogue
-ll-
travelled
cancelling
dialled

Американский

-or
honor
labor
color
splendor
-er
center
theater
liter
fiber
meter
-se
defense
license
practise
offense
-z-
organization
analyze

program
catalog
monolog
dialog
-l-
traveled
canceling
dialed

Некоторые различия в лексике

Британский
flat
lawyer
luggage
milliard
cab
company
city/town centre
chemist's
lift
autumn
petrol
motorway
cross-roads
living room
coach
post
cinema
trousers
sleeper
railway
shop-assistant
time-table
football
underground
booking office
to be sick
advocate
lorry
boot

Американский

apartment
attorney
baggage
billion
taxi
corporation
downtown
drugstore
elevator
fall
gas
highway
intersection
drawing room
long-distance bus
mail
movies
pants
Pullman
railroad
saleman, clerk
schedule
soccer
subway
ticket office
to be ill
trial lawyer
truck
trunk

Некоторые различия в грамматике

Британский
Have you heard the news?
He's just gone out.
I've got a sister.
She hasn't got a car.
I've got a pen.
I suggest he should see the doctor.
He did not eat at all.
at the weekend
Monday to Friday
different from/to
stay at home
write to somebody

Американский

Did you hear the news?
He just went out.
I have a sister.
She doesn't have a car.
I've gotten a pen.
I suggest (that) he see a doctor.
He did not eat any.
on the weekend
Monday through Friday
different from/than
stay home
write somebody