Don't know what are the differences between American English and British English ? No worries ! Let us go through the nitty-gritty now .
- British English pronounce the consonants more carefully than American English .
- Do you want to eat with us later ?
- Do you wanna eat with us later ?
- They pronounce ' water ' like ' wader '
- They say ' wate ' instead of ' water '
2. The different words for the same things .
- American use ' sweater ' , British use ' jumper ' .
- American use ' pants ' , British use ' trousers '
- Actually these are all the same things .
3. The same words for the different things .
- what spring into your mind when you see the word ' pants ' ?
- American wear ' pants ' over their underwear .
- British wear ' pants ' under their trousers .
- Pants in America , are the trousers . But beware , In British , it has the meaning of ' underwear ' .
- American might say : Do you have an extra pen ?
- But British would say : Have you got an extra pen ?
- American use the words ' cool ' or ' great ' to describe something they like , but British use ' lovely '
- The word ' Mad ' . American mean [ angry ] .
- If I say : " My friend , Kit Ling is a truly mad girl " in England , that will mean ' crazy ' .