Have you noticed any particular differences between British English and other varieties of English?
Which ones stand out to you the most?
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the missing letter U in some american english words: color, favor,... etc etc
Yeah cookies/biscuits, chips/fries, cheerios/bye etc
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American versus British English can be a good game to play seeing how many different words there are for the same subject matter I.e. elevator/lift, Also the difference in spellings I.e. color/colour
The emphasis and inotation of vowels For example my Australian friends with say "Good day mate!" The spoken vowel of "A" in day and "A" in mate. It sounds like "Good daaay maaate"