BRITISH

UNIT 3: LESSON 3: VARIETIES AND REGISTERS OF

ENGLISH

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE

VS.
AMERICAN
ENGLISH
PRESENTED BY: ALYSSA CAMILLE CASTRO
BS ARCHI 2-1
 AMERICAN ENGLISH 02

WHAT
• A variety of English language spoken
in United States of America

Map of United States of

FACTS
• One of the two most popular varieties

America
of English in the world along with
British English
• Americans do not speak the same
way

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 "NOT ALL
AMERICANS SPEAK
THE SAME WAY"

Americans, just like Filipinos, have their

own dialects and differing diction and STATES WHERE WESTERN
pronunciation of words. There are four AMERICAN ENGLISH AND
known varieties of American English
ITS DIALECTS IS SPOKEN
namely, Western American English,
Eastern New England English, Northern California. Nevada. Arizona.
American English and Southern American Utah. New Mexico. Colorado.
English. Wyoming. Washington. Oregon.
Idaho. Montana. Hawaii. Part of
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Alaska.
 GENERAL AMERICAN WESTERN AMERICAN EASTERN NEW
ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLAND ENGLISH

• Umbrella variety of • Entirely rhotic • non-rhotic

American English • cot-caught merger • known as Yankee
• Neutral accent Dialect
• horse-hoarse merger

CANADIAN ENGLISH NORTHERN AMERICAN SOUTHERN AMERICAN

• A variety of Northern ENGLISH ENGLISH

American English • prevalent rhoticity • rhotic

• lack of cot-caught • lack of cot-caught
merger merger
• pin-pen merger

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#MindfulnessAtWork
BRITISH
ENGLISH DIALECTS

• English English
WHAT • Southern English
• West Country English
An english variety spoken in Great • East and West Midland English
Britain • Northern English
• Ulster English (Northern
FACT Ireland)
• Welsh English
Among the most used variety of • Scottish English
English in the world next to
American English
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AMERICAN BRITISH
ENGLISH ENGLISH
PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION

• most Canadians and • speakers from the British

Americans pronounce English group do not
an r sound after the vowel in pronounce the r sound
words like barn, • some British English speakers
car, and farther drop h sounds at the
beginning of words, so
that he and his are
pronounced as if they were
spelled ee and is.

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 Rhythm of words

AMERICAN • American speakers tend to speak out all the

syllables of the word secretary.

ENGLISH
• The opposite is true of other words, such
as specialty, which Americans pronounce with
three syllables (spe-cial-ty)

BRITISH
Rhythm of words

• British speakers seem to leave out a syllable in

ENGLISH
words like secretary, as if it were spelled secretry
• British speakers pronounce it with five syllables
(spe-ci-al-i-ty).

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AMERICAN ENGLISH VS
BRITISH ENGLISH
Meaning and usage of words

The most frequently used words are shared by speakers of different

American English vs. British English

varieties of English. These words include the most common nouns, the
most common verbs, and most function words such as pronouns,
articles, and prepositions. The different varieties of English do,
however, use different words for many words that are slightly less
common

Corn is a general term in Britain, for which Americans use grain, while corn in
American English is a specific kind of grain. The word pond in British English
usually refers to an artificial body of water, whereas ponds also occur naturally
in North America. British English chemist is the same as American
English drugstore, and in Canada people go to the druggist..
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 ORIGIN OF AMERICAN ENGLISH SPELLING
American lexicographer Noah Webster

AMERICAN
IHOW DID WEBSTER DIFFERENTIATE THE
ENGLISH
TWO VARIETIES
Webster's books sought to standardize spelling in the United States by
promoting the use of an American language that intentionally differed
vs from British English.

BRITISH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECIFICALLY

ENGLISH AMERICAN VARIETY OF ENGLISH MIRRORED
THE NEW COUNTRY'S SEPARATE POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENT.
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 -OR AND -OUR -ER AND -RE S AND C
British English: British English: Litre, British English: Defence
Colour, honour, favour, metre, theatre, and and licence
and labour centre American English:
American English: American English: Defense and licence
Color, honor, favor, and Liter, meter, theatre, and
labor centre

ENDING WITH -K OTHER SPELLING

-CK AND -QUE British English: Traffick REFORM
British English: Cheque and publick British English:
and masque American English: Traffic Programme and tyre
American English: Check and public American English:
and mask *the latter is now also Program and tire
used in British English

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 -OE-/-AE- AND -E- -T AND -ED -ELL- AND EL
British English: anaemia, British English: burnt, British English:cancelled,
diarrhoea, and dreamt, and leapt jeweller, and marvellous
encyclopaedia American English: American English:
American English: anemia, burned, dreamed, and canceled, jeweler,
diarrhea, and encyclopedia leaped marvelous

-ISE AND IZE -L AND -LL -OGUE AND -OG

British English: appetiser, British English: enrol, British English: analogue,
familiarise, and organise fulfil, and skilful monologue, catalogue
American English: American English: enroll, American English:
appetizer, familiarize, fulfill, and skillfull analog, monolog,
organize catalog

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 DIFFERENCE IN GRAMMAR

BRITISH ENGLISH
AMERICAN ENGLISH VS.
One major difference between British and American English is that
the two attach different verb forms to nouns that are
grammatically singular but plural in sense. In American English, the
team is..., or the government is... (because they are viewed as a
single entities thus, a collective noun), but in British English, the
team are..., or the government are... (because teams and
government are understood to consist of more than one person).
Sometimes function words are used differently: The British stay in
hospital but Americans stay in the hospital.

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 VOCABULARY WORDS
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The most frequently used words are shared by

British English vs. American Englosh

speakers of different varieties of English. These words
include the most common nouns, the most common
verbs, and most function words (such as pronouns,
articles, and prepositions). The different varieties of
English do, however, use different words for many
words that are slightly less common

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 BONNET (BRITISH)
TROUSERS FLAT (BRITISH)
AND HOOD
(BRITISH) AND AND APARTMENT
(AMERICAN)
PANTS (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN)

BOOT (BRITISH) LORRY (BRITISH) UNIVERSITY

AND TRUNK AND TRUCK (BRITISH) AND
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN) COLLEGE
(AMERICAN)

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 HOLIDAY JUMPER (BRITISH) CRISPS (BRITISH)
(BRITISH) AND AND SWEATER AND CHIPS
VACATION (AMERICAN) (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN)

TRAINERS FIZZY DRINK POSTBOX

(BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND
SNEAKERS SODA MAILBOX
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN) (AMERICAN)

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 BISCUIT (BRITISH) CHEMIST'S SHOP (BRITISH)
AND COOKIE (BRITISH) AND AND STORE
(AMERICAN) DRUGSTORE (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN)

FOOTBALL WAISTCOAT CHIPS (BRITISH)

(BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND AND FRENCH
SOCCER VEST (AMERICAN) FRIES (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN)

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 PECKISH COURGETTE AUBERGINE
(BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND
HUNGRY ZUCCHINI EGGPLANT
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN) (AMERICAN)

RUNNER BEAN UNDERGROUND QUEUE (BRITISH)

(BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND AND LINE
STRING BEAN SUBWAY (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN)

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 TAKEAWAY TIMETABLE RUBBER (BRITISH)
(BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND AND ERASER
TAKEOUT SCHEDULE (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN)

LIFT (BRITISH) NAPPY (BRITISH) LOO (BRITISH)

AND ELEVATOR AND DIAPER AND RESTROOM
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN) OR BATHROOM
(AMERICAN)

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 DUMMY (BRITISH) TELLY (BRITISH) SWEETS (BRITISH)
AND PACIFIER AND TV AND CANDY
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN ) AS (AMERICAN)
SHORTENED WORD
FOR TELEVISION

CANDY FLOSS ICE LOLLY TORCH (BRITISH)

(BRITISH) AND (BRITISH) AND AND FLASHLIGHT
COTTON CANDY POPSICLE (AMERICAN)
(AMERICAN) (AMERICAN)

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 REFERENCES

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 REFERENCE

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