Презентация на тему The United States and the United Kingdom

America through colonization.
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The first English settlement was established in

Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.

The language also spread to other parts of the world as a result of British trade and colonization. By 1921 the former British Empire controlled a population of 470 to 570 million people (a ¼ of the world’s population).

language has changed into two versions we refer to

as American English and Standard British English.
Differences include: pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, idioms, and formatting of dates.

& USA is different:
05/01/2013: British English – DD/MM/YYYY
01/05/2013: American

English – MM/DD/YYYY

The way UK and USA speakers say dates is also different:
5th of January 2013 – British English
January 5th, 2013 – American English

It gets a bit confusing!

in words ending in –or.
Example: Labour/ Labor, Favour/Favor, Savour/Savor,

Colour/Color
American English does not always use double consonants.
Example: Traveller/Traveler
American English has changed words ending in “re” to “er.”
Example: Fibre / Fiber, Centre / Center, Theatre / Theater
American English has changed “C” to “S” in words.
Example: Defence / Defense, Offence / Offense
American English has changed “S” into “Z.”
Example: Recognise / Recognize, Hyponotise / Hypnotize, Realise / Realize

different words in British and American English.
Examples:
Dustbin and

Trash Can
Rubbish and Garbage

Differences most likely to create confusion are those where the same word or phrase is used for two different objects.
Examples:
French Fries ? Chips
Chips ? Crisps
Crisps ? Chips
Chips ? French Fries

Example: Fast / Path / Grass
The /o/ sound is

pronounced with lips rounded only in British English.
Example: Not / Lot / Hot / Top
Unaccented syllables are very slightly pronounced in British English.
Example: literature.
Ts are less pronounced in American English.
Example: Meter / Twenty
The double T turns into a D sound in American English.
Example: Kettle / Battle / Bottle / Little