British and American English: Revision history

20 March 2008

• curprev 00:0700:07, 20 March 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 2,698 bytes +109‎ Add separate spelling (not just endings) table, move entry there

19 March 2008

• curprev 23:1823:18, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,589 bytes +236‎ some more; years ago, when I was writing, and still wanted to write Brit-type thrillers, I started a list -- I got up to several hundred then gave up; maybe I can find the list again
• curprev 23:1123:11, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 2,353 bytes +128‎ adding some more, quickly, to avoid an edit-conflict
• curprev 21:4321:43, 19 March 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 2,225 bytes +108‎ →‎Spelling: grey/gray
• curprev 21:4021:40, 19 March 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ m 2,206 bytes +4‎ Ooops. wrong table
• curprev 21:3721:37, 19 March 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 2,202 bytes +85‎ →‎Vocabulary: Add a few (with help from my (American) family.. :-)
• curprev 19:4819:48, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 2,117 bytes +2,117‎ No edit summary
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• curprev 19:4619:46, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 2,111 bytes +143‎ →‎Spelling
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• curprev 19:4119:41, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,971 bytes +38‎ →‎Spelling
• curprev 19:3919:39, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,933 bytes +845‎ →‎Spelling
• curprev 19:3619:36, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,901 bytes +483‎ →‎Spelling
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• curprev 19:3019:30, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,823 bytes +405‎ →‎Spelling
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• curprev 19:0219:02, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,628 bytes +25‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:5918:59, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,603 bytes +185‎ starting spelling & leaving the others pour vous
• curprev 18:5718:57, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,432 bytes +14‎ rubber is vulgar slang -- about what Brit mean when they say amour plating or some such, en't it?
• curprev 18:5518:55, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,410 bytes −8‎ lotsa 'Merkins wear trousers. There may be a class distinction between trousers and pants, but I don't think it's very rigid
• curprev 18:5418:54, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,401 bytes +11‎ added underpants
• curprev 18:5418:54, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 1,390 bytes −28‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:5318:53, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,418 bytes +330‎ no hyphen in candy store
• curprev 18:5118:51, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,418 bytes +330‎ I think you've got this one wrong, myte; what, precisely, do you think 'Merkins mean when they say "pavement"
• curprev 18:5018:50, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,413 bytes 0‎ no hyphen in liquor store
• curprev 18:4918:49, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,413 bytes +318‎ refining the flat business
• curprev 18:4818:48, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,392 bytes +278‎ apartment/flat -- trust me on this, at least for S.F. I once *owned* an apartment, but later I rented a "flat"
• curprev 18:4518:45, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,114 bytes +19‎ snooty or would-be snoots might say drapes or draperies, but I think curtains are still just as common
• curprev 18:4318:43, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,095 bytes +7‎ 95% of the time, I would say, the word potato is used with chips
• curprev 18:4318:43, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,088 bytes +1,088‎ strictly speaking, French as in fries is not in caps
• curprev 18:4218:42, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 1,078 bytes +92‎ no hyphen in "parking lot"
• curprev 18:3218:32, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 1,078 bytes +19‎ keep the words with completely different meanings together. These are the ones that lead to maximal confusion.
• curprev 18:2818:28, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 1,059 bytes +73‎ →‎Vocabulary
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• curprev 17:5517:55, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 538 bytes +21‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 17:5317:53, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 518 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
• curprev 17:5117:51, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 517 bytes +86‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 17:5017:50, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 476 bytes −1‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 17:5017:50, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Chris Day‎ 477 bytes +46‎ →‎Vocabulary
• curprev 17:4717:47, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 431 bytes +338‎ No edit summary
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• curprev 17:1617:16, 19 March 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 81 bytes +81‎ New page: This article examines the differences between '''British and American English'''.