Americanisms - British English
VOCABULARY
a la mode - with (vanilla) ice cream
done - finished (a task is done; a person has finished doing it)
grocery store - grocers, shop
Jello (brand name) - jelly
Jelly - jam
Outhouse - outbuilding / outside toilet
restroom - toilet
guys - boys and girls
pants - trousers
underpants - pants
eraser - rubber
rubber - Durex
Pronunciation
Americans say rout when the British say route, rhyming with root.
Americans say erb where the British say herb.
Americans say yawl - you all / all of you
Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian. We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.
In addition to being a member of Tampines Changkat Advanced, and Tiarel, I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other wednesdays are workshops on app learncool.sg
VOCABULARY
a la mode - with (vanilla) ice cream
done - finished (a task is done; a person has finished doing it)
grocery store - grocers, shop
Jello (brand name) - jelly
Jelly - jam
Outhouse - outbuilding / outside toilet
restroom - toilet
guys - boys and girls
pants - trousers
underpants - pants
eraser - rubber
rubber - Durex
Pronunciation
Americans say rout when the British say route, rhyming with root.
Americans say erb where the British say herb.
Americans say yawl - you all / all of you
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.
Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian. We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.
In addition to being a member of Tampines Changkat Advanced, and Tiarel, I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other wednesdays are workshops on app learncool.sg
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