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John Cletheroe's
USA and Canada Holiday Hints |
Where words have additional meanings in American English to British English, in general only those additional meanings are listed here.
This dictionary largely ignores regional and other variations within the USA, such as north vs south, east vs west, urban vs rural, rich vs poor, well educated vs less well educated, older people vs younger people and so on. To detail all these variations would be an enormous task. The "American English" article on the Microsoft Encarta describes some regional variations within the USA.
This dictionary also largely ignores variations between the USA and Canada. In general, I would judge that Canadian English and spelling is very roughly 75% to 90% American, 10% to 25% British.
This dictionary largely ignores differences in spelling and grammar between American English and British English.
Because I would very much like this web site to be suitable for all potential readers, I have decided not to include any words which are considered as being very rude in either American English or British English. There are a few words which are considered as being extremely rude on one side of the Atlantic but not on the other.
Because I am British, I generally use British terminology and spelling on this web site.
American English to British English Dictionary
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