American Guy Reacts To British and American Compare Accents For The First Time

British and American Compare Accents For The First Time - American Guy Reacts
Original Reaction from Aug 7, 2021 YouTube
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTZ6TRS_HE

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It’s difficult to make clear distinctions between U.S. and U.K. accents when there is such a wide variety of accents within both the U.S. and the U.K. A Texan and a New Yorker are both Americans, but have very different accents. The same goes for British accents in London, Manchester and Glasgow.

However, some very general distinctions can be made. Americans usually pronounce every “r” in a word, while the British tend to only pronounce the “r” when it’s the first letter of a word.

There are also differences between American and British English in the areas of spelling, vocabulary and grammar. Here are just some of the examples.

Spelling
American English British English
color colour
behavior behaviour
theater theatre
meter metre
organize organise
traveled travelled
Vocabulary
American English British English
apartment flat
college university
theater theatre
vacation holiday
chips crisps
(french) fries chips
the movies the cinema
soda / pop / coke / soft drink soft drink / fizzy drink
sneakers / tennis shoes trainers
sweater jumper
mailbox postbox
band-aid plaster
drugstore chemist’s
soccer football
cookie biscuit
Grammar
Prepositions
The differences below are only a general rule. American speech has influenced Britain via pop culture, and vice versa. Therefore, some prepositional differences are not as pronounced as they once were.

American English British English
I’m going to a party on the weekend. I’m going to a party at the weekend.
What are you doing on Christmas? What are you doing at Christmas?
Monday through Friday. Monday to Friday.
It’s different from/than the others. It’s different from/to the others.

source
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/what-are-the-differences-between-american-and-british-english

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