British and American English differences

[Stephen Jones]

An excellent site written by an American linguist in the UK.
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/

[womblingfree]

Hey everyone. I need a list of comparisons between British and American English. i.e. lift / elevator, gasoline / petrol, etc. etc. Anyone offer me some help here? Thank you.

You say t-may-toe, I say t-mar-toe.

You say potato, and so do I.

Let's call the whole thing off.

[womblingfree]

An excellent site written by an American linguist in the UK.
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/

Hmmm, a lot of assumptions that guys making with not much to back it up IMO.

[Stephen Jones]

Hmmm, a lot of assumptions that guys making with not much to back it up IMO.

Seeing you haven't read it carefully enough to notice it's a gal and not a guy, perhaps your opinion isn't worth much anyway.

[womblingfree]

Hmmm, a lot of assumptions that guys making with not much to back it up IMO.

Seeing you haven't read it carefully enough to notice it's a gal and not a guy, perhaps your opinion isn't worth much anyway.

The name on the blog's 'Lynneguist', excuse me for not noticing and having an opinion on the article instead.

[Stephen Jones]

As you don't tell us what article you are referring to, it's hard to judge whether your opinion is correct or not.

[Lorikeet]

I actually enjoyed all the discussion about the different ways to ask for water in a restaurant. As it happens, I use my experience of asking for "water" in a restaurant in London to explain the use of the American English flap t. (I wasn't understood either, until I attempted to pronounce it in a "British" way)