British and American English

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This article examines the differences between British and American English in the areas of vocabulary, spelling and phonology.

Vocabulary

Lexical differences are:

British American
car-park parking-lot
chips (French) fries [1] curtains drapes
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Notes

  1. ↑ though strictly, these ar two different shapes, chips being broader than fries
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