American English, a website for everyone who teaches and learns English, has prepared a series of useful charts that show side by side how American and British English differ with naming the same things.
Opposite to language infographics that focus on the British-vs-American differences (we shared a few of them recently), these charts are much more detailed.
Each visual features the words from a certain category. Therefore, instead of a one-time list of, let’s say twenty entries, you’ll have a chance to learn much more examples.
The entire – and growing – list of the British-vs-American charts is available on the Facebook fan page of American English. The visuals published so far focus on:
- food – jacket potato vs. baked potato,
- technology – mobile phone vs. cell phone,
- travel – phone box vs. phone booth,
- sweets – ice lolly vs. popsicle,
- fashion – trainers vs. sneakers.
We’ve embedded a couple of most interesting charts below. Click or tap on each one to see it enlarged.
British vs. American English
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