Questions tagged [transatlantic-differences]
Differences between how English is used on one side of the Atlantic compared with on the other side; specifically, the difference between Canadian and American English on one side and Irish and British English on the other.
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Why are the words "mobile" and "profile" pronounced differently in American English? [closed]
Why is it like that even though both of them end in the same letters?
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Why isn't the vowel in the words "warm" and "war" (in American English) pronounced like the one in the word "talk" (American English)?
Right. What is the actual reason?
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What is the metric name or designation for nominal ½″ copper pipe in the various English dialects where metric dimensions are used?
I hope this question is as on-topic as this question about distances.
I need to know what people call nominal ½″ copper pipe (the stiff unbendable kind used in domestic plumbing) in English dialects ...
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When and why did American English begin to use different punctuation?
I was wondering when and why American English began to use different punctuation. On the web I find a lot of examples but no date or reason why. Any date/year or explanation as to why would be amazing....
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Grammaticality of: “A movement subsequently rose demanding that the King ‘was’(??!) removed as the head of the Church of England”
I am wondering how the Subjunctive Mood functions in the past, considering this sentence:
A movement subsequently rose demanding that the King was removed as the head of the Church of England.
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Nested quotations & internal commas: an edge case
Which of the following would be best practice, and why and according to whom?
Alice says, “Bob said, ‘Hello’ ” and she smiles at the memory.
Alice says, “Bob said, ‘Hello’, ” and she smiles at the ...
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Is the spelling 'judgment' a feature of American English? (As opposed to the other -dg[e]ment words?)
According to the the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, the "e" is optional when a word ends in "-dg(e)ment".
Dictionary examples:
acknowledgement {also acknowledgment}
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How to be 'ornery' in BE?
I'm looking for the best BE substitute for the AmE word "ornery" in the phrase "an ornery bunch".
Complicating the task for this second-language speaker of English is that ...
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Redeem - different meanings - related?
I'm flummoxed by the various meanings on 'redeem' involving improvement or rescue (of a person) and also involving satisfaction of a debt/obligation and other financial uses. The connection between ...
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What are the exclamation and question marks/points called in variants of English?
As regards !, wikipedia reads
The exclamation mark, !, or exclamation point (American English)
but it doesn't use a corresponding wording for ?:
The question mark ? (also known as interrogation ...
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Is "different than" ungrammatical? [closed]
THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE QUESTION. This question does not duplicate that question that is cited that this question is a duplicate of, as was already fully explored and explained in the body of this ...
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Is the verb ‘recollect’ used in American English? How is it different from ‘remember’?
I (American English) am a plaintiff in a lawsuit taking place in Malta (UK English) that involves some British people as well as some Americans.
When cross-examining a British person, many of his ...
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What is the word for abdominal pain, stomach ache or belly ache?
In everyday conversation, what's the usual word that describes the abdominal pain that is caused by diarrhoea? Do you say it's a "stomach ache" or "belly ache"? Is there a ...
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How can “Harold” and “Herald” ever sound the same?
I was reading a book¹ recently where the main protagonist is fixated
on homonyms and has rules that proper nouns are not homonyms and
gives Harold and herald as an example of words that sound the
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Is "luggage" becoming a countable noun?
When I learned English, I learned that "luggage" an uncountable noun, meaning the collection of all your bags and suitcases (and/or their contents). From https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/...
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