Interesting differences between British and American English
The phrases I don’t care and I don’t mind are very common and useful, but they can cause offence and/or confusion when Americans and Brits use them together. In the USA they mean one thing and in the UK they mean another. When an American says I don’t care to a Brit, they can sound negative […]
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If you need to understand Americans, it really helps to understand baseball idioms. They often come up in conversation. We use many of these idioms in British English too, but not all. Watch these videos to learn their meanings and see lots of examples. There are four baseball idiom videos here, so keep scrolling down
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Here’s a conversation that goes wrong because of three British and American English differences. Can you spot them? (See below for the answers.) I made this video with my friend Jennifer ESL. Check out her awesome YouTube channel here. A confusing phone call script Hey Jennifer! Hi Vicki! I’ve got something for you. That’s terrific! Can
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There’s a brilliant George Gershwin song that compares British and American pronunciation. It goes, ‘You say tomayto, and I say tomahto’. The lyrics are fantastic but they’re not 100% accurate which is troubling for word nerds. We wanted to create a song that reflected pronunciation differences with greater accuracy. Hope you like it. Click here
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I’m British but I live in the US and I’ve discovered there are all kinds of ways to confuse Americans like Jay with my British English. Here are five. I say zed. What would you say Jay? I’d say zee. OK. Zed in British English is zee in American. Let’s try another. Could you spell
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