The difference between English and American words

[thetopher]

I get it! Americans say that there were Carnivorous dinosaurs and Vegetarian dinosaurs! Problem solved. Or avoided. 🤣

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

It's "urb." the H is only pronounced when referring to the male name Herb, like "Herbert." 😇

Exactly! If someone called an American guy "urb" he'd think they were drunk as hell. Or from Eastern Europe.

Anyway, what kind of sadistic parent names their son Herbert? That's the name of a man who will NEVER get laid. 😄

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

Oh man, I can't respond to this the way I want to. Not BB appropriate. 🤣

You'll feel sooo much better if you do!

Also, I wonder if its a coincidence that part of my screen name is included in The Bunny Ranch? You're from Nevada, so I'm pretty sure you've heard of the place. 😇

 

[BaskingINBangel]

Also, I wonder if its a coincidence that part of my screen name is included in The Bunny Ranch? You're from Nevada, so I'm pretty sure you've heard of the place. 😇

Yep. Nevada is truly the wild west. I wonder what Anya would think of those bunnies?

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

Yep. Nevada is truly the wild west. I wonder what Anya would think of those bunnies?

Anya would definitely approve. She's a free spirit. 😁

 

[thetopher]

The only language vernacular distinction that bugs me is that Americans say 'math' or 'the math'. Nope, It's maths, end of.

Maths is the short form of MathematicS (because it is a field of study with multiple subclasses) and saying 'the mathematic' just sounds wrong. Get it together American, you're just embarrassing yourself with the complete clownery.

 

[HowiMetdaSlayer]

You'll feel sooo much better if you do!

Also, I wonder if its a coincidence that part of my screen name is included in The Bunny Ranch? You're from Nevada, so I'm pretty sure you've heard of the place. 😇

I will pay you $1000 if you change your name to: Bunny Ranch Slayer
☺️

*funds will be paid in Faux Crypto*

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

Maths is the short form of MathematicS (because it is a field of study with multiple subclasses) and saying 'the mathematic' just sounds wrong. Get it together American, you're just embarrassing yourself with the complete clownery.

A bit condescending, don't you think?

 

[November]

One that confused me here with mates who moved from the UK "chip butty"
Butty? Butty? WHY butty? Its a bun!

 

[nightshade]

One that confused me here with mates who moved from the UK "chip butty"
Butty? Butty? WHY butty? Its a bun!

Depends on where in the uk you are. Buns, rolls, baps and a lot of other names for it. But a chip butty is a chip butty all over I think.

 

[NotASlayer]

Around here you can find "banjo" as a name for rolls. Such as a bacon banjo being a bacon in a bun.

 

[NotASlayer]

@Mr. Pointy You can probably guess where I cam currently living then! 😀 Though I'm not from the city, but further west.

 

[DeepBlueJoy]

Or herb. It has an "h" at the front that you pronounce. It's not "urb"! 😀

I might be a tad mixed up!

The first time i heard 'erb', my reaction was 'what a pretentious fool! I thought they were just trying to 'frenchify' it for style. It never occurred to me that Americans randomly leave off the H sound from where it should be.

I think my first experience of this was an ad for 'erbal essense shampoo, which was the latest stylish thing at the time. I never bought any!

Oddly, many medical words mostly look wrong to me when spelled the British way because they are mostly pronounced the American way (See below).

Note: some extra letters really ARE necessary. I have my spell check set to accept colour and favourite and no you cannot have my 'u's, the precioussss.

I will probaly die on a hill with a theatre centred at the summit...
Oh and it is metre.

Paradoxically, i spell most words that Americans like to have with 'z' (Not s) - but i do call that letter ZED. Don't over analyze it!
😛

Medical spellings, a small sample!

Vowels: ‘ae’ and ‘e’​

Many medical terms spelled with ‘ae’ in British English are spelled with ‘e’ in American English, for example:

British English	American English	Notes
aetiology	etiology
anaemia	anemia
anaesthetic	anesthetic
caesarean	cesarean	Also: caesarian (UK) / cesarian (US)
defaecation	defecation
dyslipidaemia	dyslipidemia
glycaemic index	glycemic index
gynaecology	gynecology
haemoglobin	hemoglobin
haemorrhage	hemorrhage
ischaemic	ischemic
leukaemia	leukemia
orthopaedic	orthopedic
paediatric	pediatric

Vowels: ‘oe’ and ‘e’​

Similarly, there are many medical terms spelled with ‘oe’ in British English that are spelled with ‘e’ in American English, such as:

British English	American English	Notes
diarrhoea	diarrhea
coeliac	celiac
dyspnoea	dyspnea
fetus or foetus	fetus

 

[Stake fodder]

@DeepBlueJoy

dyslipidaemia

dyslipidemia

I do not spell this word in either English or American English. 😆

I went to McDonald's today, or as we sometimes say, McD's. Known as Macca's in Australia, I believe!

 

[NotASlayer]

I might be a tad mixed up!

The first time i heard 'erb', my reaction was 'what a pretentious fool! I thought they were just trying to 'frenchify' it for style. It never occurred to me that Americans randomly leave off the H sound from where it should be.

I think my first experience of this was an ad for 'erbal essense shampoo, which was the latest stylish thing at the time. I never bought any!

Oddly, many medical words mostly look wrong to me when spelled the British way because they are mostly pronounced the American way (See below).

Note: some extra letters really ARE necessary. I have my spell check set to accept colour and favourite and no you cannot have my 'u's, the precioussss.

I will probaly die on a hill with a theatre centred at the summit...
Oh and it is metre.

Paradoxically, i spell most words that Americans like to have with 'z' (Not s) - but i do call that letter ZED. Don't over analyze it!
😛

Medical spellings, a small sample!

Vowels: ‘ae’ and ‘e’​

Many medical terms spelled with ‘ae’ in British English are spelled with ‘e’ in American English, for example:

British English	American English	Notes
aetiology	etiology
anaemia	anemia
anaesthetic	anesthetic
caesarean	cesarean	Also: caesarian (UK) / cesarian (US)
defaecation	defecation
dyslipidaemia	dyslipidemia
glycaemic index	glycemic index
gynaecology	gynecology
haemoglobin	hemoglobin
haemorrhage	hemorrhage
ischaemic	ischemic
leukaemia	leukemia
orthopaedic	orthopedic
paediatric	pediatric

Vowels: ‘oe’ and ‘e’​

Similarly, there are many medical terms spelled with ‘oe’ in British English that are spelled with ‘e’ in American English, such as:

British English	American English	Notes
diarrhoea	diarrhea
coeliac	celiac
dyspnoea	dyspnea
fetus or foetus	fetus

I admittedly live in a city where the locals leave off the H that is at the beginning of it.

Other words are manoeuvre in British English, which admittedly I just used the browser spellchecker to get right 😀, which is maneuver, cheque and check, and jewellery and jewelry. Which, thanks to reading US English books as a kid, for years I tended to spell jewellry, managing to be wrong in both languages!

 

[SavvyScoobie]

It does not here...

I do recall my elementary PE teacher telling me to 'hurry up and move my fanny' idk

 

[NotASlayer]

I do recall my elementary PE teacher telling me to 'hurry up and move my fanny' idk

In American English, everyone has one. In British English, only women do...

A word that really does not travel well between the US and the UK!

 

[thetopher]

'Stop fannying about' and 'stop arseing about' are two common English phrases which, I guess, mean the same thing even if the descriptor is different.

 

[TamsinValencia]

chips that are crunchy vs chips from the chip shop
pants as in undergarments vs pants as in trousers

 

[November]

chips that are crunchy vs chips from the chip shop
pants as in undergarments vs pants as in trousers

Hot chips are chips with chicken salt and cold chips from a sealed bag come in all flavours. I thought you guys called chips crisps?

Pants, undies, nickers in a twist.