Variants and Varieties of English - Course 4

8/10/2019 Variants and Varieties of English - Course 4

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VARIANTS AND

VARIETIES OFENGLISH

AMERICAN ENGLISH VS.BRITISH ENGLISH


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Modern English

Modern Englishsince 1550 (Great Vowel Shift)

Over 1 billion speakers of English as a first orsecond language

regionswhich adopted English: North America,India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand (theCommonwealth)

E. is spoken in the following territories: UK,

Ireland, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand,India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore,South Africa


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Globish and English dialects

Globish(global+English)Jean-Paul Nerriere = asubset of standard English grammar, and a list of 1500English words (Dont speak English, parlez globish,2004)

Standard English(non-native) educated Englishspeaker

Received Pronunciation(a.k.a BBC English)

English dialects: American E., Australian E., British E.

(Cockney, Kentish, Yorkshire Scottish, Welsh etc),Canadian E., Caribbean E., Hiberno-E., Indo-PakistaniE., Nigerian E., New Zealand E., Phillippine E.,Singaporean E., South-African E.,


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British vs. American English (1)

A.E.longest period of cultural andpolitical independence from London

Differences in: 1. Pronunciation

2. Spelling

3. Grammar 4. Vocabulary


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PronunciationBE AE

(a:)

e.g. dance (da:ns)

()

e.g. (dns)

After d, t, th (j) before (u)

e.g. student (stju:dent)

After d, t, th (j) before (u)

e.g. student (stu:dent)

r mute before consonants

e.g. art (a:t)

r pronounced before consonants

e.g. art (art)

t between vowels pronounced (t)

e.g. water (w :t)

t between vowels pronounced (d)

e.g. water (w :d)

Final syll. ile = (ail)

e.g. missile (misail)

Final syll. ile = (l)

e.g. missile (misl)


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SpellingBE` AE

Final syll. -our e.g. neighbour Final syll. -or e.g. neighbor

Termination -ence e.g. offence Termination -ense e.g. offenses

termination -re e.g. centre Termination -er e.g. center

Termination -ise e.g. to organise Termination -ize e.g. to organize

Termination -logue e.g. catalogue Termination -log e.g. catalog

Termination -gramme e.g.

programme

Termination -gram e.g, program

Group ill e.g. travelling Group il e.g. traveling


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Grammar

BE AE

Have you got?To getgotgot

Do you have?To getgotgotten

Present perfect

e.g. I have alreadywritten a letter

Familiar: Past Tense

e.g. I already wrote aletter

Adverb

e.g. he writes awfully

Adjective

e.g. He writes awful


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VocabularyBE AE

Food: biscuit Cookie

Chips French fries

Cooker Stove

Crisps Chips

Mince Hamburger meat

Maize Corn

Sweets Candy

Tin Can

Jug Pitcher


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Vocabulary (2)BE AE

Transportation: car park Parking lot

Filling station Gas station

Lorry TruckMotorway Highway, freeway

Number plate License plate

Petrol Gas(oline)

Pavement Sidewalk

Railway Railroad

Underground Subway

Traffic lights Stop ligts


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Vocabulary (3)BE AE

Nature: autumn Fall

Insect Bug

Clothes: handbag Purse

Trousers Pants

Dressing-gown Bathrobe

Braces SuspendersOther: at home Home

Bookshop Bookstore

Chemists Drugstore


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Vocabulary (4)

BE AEDustbin Garbage can

Film Movie

Flat Apartment

Ground floor First floorLift Elevator

Luggage Baggage

Post Mail

Prison JailToilet Restroom

Rubber Eraser

Shop assistant Sales clerk

Post code Zip code


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Vocabulary (5)

BE AE

Taxi Cab

Mo thru Fr Mo to Fr inclusive

Ring Call (phone)

First floor Second floor

Line QueueHolidays Vacation

Give way Yield

Aluminium Aluminum


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American slangAE BE

Yummy! Tasting good

Hangout Pub

Hit me! Another beer, please

Tube Television

You bet! Of course

Shades Sun glasses

Tough shit Bad luck

Play dirty Be unfair

Four-letter words Invectives

Good job! Well done!

Park your but! Sit down!

Zany, wild, jazzed, tough, hot, cool good

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