- Close to AmE
- Commonwealth spelling
- Pronunciation is closer to AmE
- Many words known as americanisms are also found in Canada
Major dialects are Newfounland, Eastern Canadian, Quebec, Central / Western, Ottawa Valley Twang
Canadian English/ Newfounland
Elements from European Languages of 15-17th centuries non-existent in Europe. Spanish, French, Irish, English
Spoken very quickly, not intelligible
- Canadian English/ Eastern
- Close to Am E, considered as Canadian English in the USA
- Quebec
- Strong French accent, Throaty sounds
- Canadian English/ western
- 60% population, close to northern US accents
- Canadian English/ Ottawa
- 1.3 million people, Impact of Scottish and French, Irish
- American English
- Northern is not to be confused with political North during the Civil war, historically it is New England
- Southern – coastal areas of Waryland, Virginia, Georgia, Gulf States
- Midland – area extending through all the country
- Sing/ Plural coordination
- BrE The team is …/AmE The team are
- 2. Past Simple in AmE with words already, just, yet
- 3. Get –passive is more common in AmE
- Subjunctive mood is more common in AmE
- BrE He suggested they should apply…
- AmE He suggested they_____ apply..
- 5. Irregular verbs in AmE form past tense forms as regular verbs (learned, leaped, spelled)
- Usage of prepositions: AmE to meet with someone
- Monday to Friday, AmE Moday thru Friday
- In Churchill Street, AmE on Churchill Street
- BrE toward s, backward s AmE toward__
- AmE divided highway
- BrE dual carriageway
- Many americanisms have become comprehensive thanks to Hollywood
biscuit cookie
queue line
flat apartment
fancy-dress party costume party
Pensioner retiree
lorry truck
football soccer
trousers pants
crisps potato chips
British and American automobile vocabulary
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British American
windscreen windshield
bonnet hood
wing fender
quarterlight wing
boot trunk
indicator turn signal
hazard lights flashers
running lights parking lights
Tyre tire
n Among the countless American coinages are these:
radio, disc jockey, waterfront, right away, get along with, fall for, make the grade, get around to, babysitter, boyfriend and girlfriend, knowhow, in the red, hitchhike, show business, merger, publicity, executive, hindsight, commuter etc.
British VS American English / Corpus Linguistics contribution.