TherearevastdifferencesinculturebetweenAmericansandtheirBritishCommonwealthcounterpartsthroughouttheworld.
AmericanEnglishisspokenintheUSA,CanadaandmanyPacificRimcountrieswhereAmericahasexertedaninfluence.
BritishEnglishisspokenthroughouttheBritishCommonwealthof54countries,someofthemostnotablebeingtheUnitedKingdom,Australia,NewZealandandSouthAfrica,withCanadabeingtheexception.AlthoughpartoftheCommonwealth,CanadianstendtospeakamixtureofAmericanandBritishEnglishduetothatcountry'sproximitytotheUSA(althoughtheyspelltheBritishway).
Inthedictionarysection,youwillseehowmanywordsdiffercompletelybetweenthetwo"languages".Thisisavirtual"YanktoLimeyspeak"dictionary-thewordsarelistedinalphabeticalorderbyAmericanEnglishword.Orvisitthesearchpagetofindaspecificwordorphrase.
Thedrivingsectionexaminesthedifferencesindrivingpractices(includinganexplanationofwhyCommonwealthcountriesdriveontheleft)whilethedrinkingandeatingsectionsexplaintheverydifferentetiquettesprevalentbetweenthetwocultures.
Inthesectionlabeledother,youwillfindallsortsofmiscellaneousdifferencesincludingmeasurements,legaldrivinganddrinkingagesaswellaslifestyledifferenceslikechoiceofbeddingandevenhowtoiletsdiffer!
TheFAQ(frequentlyaskedquestions)coversthoseoftenaskedquestionsaboutCommonwealthersandAmericans.QuestionssuchaswhyareAmerican'scalledYanksandtheEnglishcalledLimeys,andwheredoesthat"bloody"wordcomefromtheEnglishuseineverysentence?
Funnystuffcoversvarioushilarioussituationsthatcanoccurbecauseofthedifferencesinlanguageandculture.
Spellingcoversthatvastandconfusingdifferencesinthewaysofspellingtheexactsameword.
PronunciationcoversthedifferencesinthewayAmericansandCommonwealtherssoundcertainwords.
SlangisanewsectionthatcoversdifferentslangwordsintheUSA,Britain,AustraliaandSouthAfrica.
Finally,ifyouwanttoknowwhoIamandwhyIknowsomuchaboutthedifferencebetweenAmericanandEnglishculture,gohere.