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- '''British English''' refers to the [[dialect]]s of the [[English language]] spoken in the [[U One reason that 'British English' might be associated with standard written language is that one of the most7 KB (992 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
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- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/British English]]. Needs checking by a human.1 KB (168 words) - 11:31, 11 January 2010
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- {{r|British English}}461 bytes (59 words) - 10:42, 15 February 2011
- ...much of its [[General American|characteristic pronunciation]]) as well as British English. Also to be considered outside the definition are all regional variants wit1 KB (179 words) - 12:15, 14 February 2024
- {{r|British English}}695 bytes (92 words) - 15:34, 11 January 2010
- {{r|British English}}696 bytes (85 words) - 11:24, 9 January 2011
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/British English]]. Needs checking by a human.1 KB (168 words) - 11:31, 11 January 2010
- {{r|British English}}1 KB (185 words) - 16:19, 11 January 2010
- {{r|British English}}1 KB (123 words) - 10:23, 9 January 2011
- #REDIRECT [[British English]]29 bytes (3 words) - 04:00, 12 March 2008
- #REDIRECT [[British English]]29 bytes (3 words) - 04:01, 12 March 2008
- {{r|British English}}800 bytes (104 words) - 14:49, 22 April 2023
- {{r|British English}}272 bytes (35 words) - 04:11, 28 August 2009
- {{r|British English}}557 bytes (72 words) - 11:37, 11 January 2010
- {{r|British English}}654 bytes (78 words) - 16:40, 9 April 2010
- {{r|British English}}514 bytes (63 words) - 05:51, 14 January 2011
- {{r|British English}}274 bytes (34 words) - 07:11, 28 August 2009
- British English accent that developed in educational institutions in the nineteenth century339 bytes (49 words) - 22:20, 28 December 2013
- {{r|British English}}1 KB (158 words) - 08:55, 3 August 2011
- The gram (symbol g), also referred to as gramme in [[British English]], is a unit of mass.127 bytes (20 words) - 22:33, 20 June 2010
- ...k''', in [[English language|English]] usually '''deutschmark''' ([[IPA]] [[British English|BrE]] /'dɔɪtʃmɑːk/) or simply 'mark', was the [[currency]] of the Fede632 bytes (85 words) - 20:07, 14 May 2016
- {{r|British English}}1 KB (172 words) - 16:19, 11 January 2010
- {{r|British English}}2 KB (201 words) - 13:52, 9 March 2015
- Canadian English draws its spelling conventions from both American and [[British English]] (or [[Commonwealth English]]). Historically, Canada was closer to the old *[[British English]]4 KB (564 words) - 00:32, 21 October 2013
- '''Potato crisps''' (in [[British English]], called '''potato chips''' in [[American English|American]]) are a dry sn1 KB (166 words) - 13:47, 4 June 2009
- '''British English''' refers to the [[dialect]]s of the [[English language]] spoken in the [[U One reason that 'British English' might be associated with standard written language is that one of the most7 KB (992 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- {{r|British English}}763 bytes (95 words) - 14:01, 9 March 2015
- {{r|British English}}479 bytes (63 words) - 11:45, 9 April 2013
- ...glish is its [[orthography|spelling]] conventions: ''color'' rather than [[British English]] ''colour'', for example. These 'American' spellings are also common in ma3 KB (451 words) - 11:43, 20 April 2014
- ...uring the [[Middle Ages]]. The Roman graphemes æ and œ are still used in [[British English]] for certain words of [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] or [[Latin]] origin, such a1 KB (231 words) - 02:23, 7 January 2014
- The term neighborhood (or, in British English, neighbourhood) has two spellings and several meanings.384 bytes (46 words) - 01:43, 9 February 2024
- ...gh''' is even a [[schwa]] ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ə]) in British English '''bòrough, Scàrborough''' and '''thòrough''', though in American these ...''', '''Bíngham''' (-ngəm). In such names the '''h''' is usually silent in British English, but pronounced separately in American, which also keeps the strong '''á''4 KB (585 words) - 22:40, 8 June 2016
- {{r|British English}}223 bytes (26 words) - 10:11, 19 October 2010
- {{r|British English}}174 bytes (19 words) - 07:44, 9 May 2023
- * [[English language|English]], including differing standards such as [[British English]], [[American English]], [[Australian English]]...2 KB (250 words) - 07:35, 5 August 2011
- ...n Corpus]] (early 1990s American English), and the [[FLOB Corpus]] (1990s British English).5 KB (677 words) - 07:31, 26 September 2007
- ...either in strokes: /'strəʊks/, or square brackets: [skwɛə'brækɪts].<ref>[[British English]] terminology; slashes: /'slæʃɪz/ and brackets: ['brækɪts] in [[Americ ...ger than other vowels, and have a wider distribution in English (e.g. in [[British English]] they can form single-syllable words: 'are', 'or').4 KB (728 words) - 19:44, 25 November 2009
- ...raphic region or social group. For example, according to this definition [[British English]] is a dialect of [[English language|English]], while [[Austro-Bavarian lan2 KB (233 words) - 16:08, 20 August 2010
- '''Tram''' ([[British English]], ''tramway''; also known as ''streetcar'' in [[American English]]) is a r1 KB (171 words) - 02:25, 19 March 2010
- ...are also known as the Big Dipper (in American English) and the Plough (in British English). Constellations Ursa Major (the "Big Dipper") and [[Ursa Minor]] (the "Lit1 KB (173 words) - 05:08, 14 June 2022
- ...[frequency|frequencies]] of vibrations involved in the production of six [[British English]] [[vowel]]s by an [[adult]] [[male]] [[native speaker]]: from left to rig3 KB (429 words) - 15:04, 9 March 2024
- ...wn that it elicits among the least favourable responses of any accent of [[British English]], and there is peer-reviewed academic research indicating that a police su4 KB (588 words) - 11:51, 2 February 2023
- {{r|British English}}515 bytes (67 words) - 15:45, 11 January 2010
- ...olanum]] melongena'', a perennial cultivated for its edible [[fruit]]s. In British English it is known by its French name, '''aubergine'''.1 KB (179 words) - 12:15, 11 June 2009
- ...ce in the [[English alphabet]]. Its English name is pronounced [ˈzed] in [[British English]] and [ˈziː] in [[American English|American]], and these are sometimes sp '''z''', called '''zéd''' in British English and '''zêe''' in American, represents a buzzing sound more usually encount4 KB (700 words) - 15:40, 4 April 2017
- A '''banknote''' (informally '''note''' in [[British English]] and '''bill''' in [[American English]]; also called '''paper money''') is1 KB (191 words) - 15:23, 28 August 2013
- {{r|British English}}485 bytes (62 words) - 19:57, 11 January 2010
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- ...in agreement. An exception to the rule can sometimes be found in informal British English when referring to singular collective nouns of people. For example, "The go2 KB (376 words) - 09:16, 3 October 2010
- {{r|British English}}790 bytes (106 words) - 20:53, 11 January 2010
- ...ective nouns to be singular unless there is more than one group, whereas [[British English]] allows singular collective nouns to take plural agreement: (1) My family is going to London for a holiday. [American or British English]5 KB (891 words) - 00:37, 8 November 2010
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- Received Pronunciation (RP) is an accent of [[British English]] that is widely perceived as the [[stereotype|stereotypical]] accent of th7 KB (1,146 words) - 05:29, 15 May 2023
- In [[British English]], '''qu''' can have an odd effect on '''a''', like that of '''w''' in '''�4 KB (583 words) - 19:17, 14 May 2016
- '''Aluminium''' ([[British English]]<ref>'''Note:''' The form used by the International Union of Pure and Appl1 KB (207 words) - 08:34, 6 March 2024
- ...orm of address to a young woman or a woman of inferior social rank; and in British English as an address to a female teacher: 'Please, Miss...'. It is also the title2 KB (299 words) - 14:05, 17 February 2008
- An underground urban component is called "underground" in British English, but may be called "Metro" in many languages, and "subway" in American Engl2 KB (236 words) - 17:42, 10 October 2010
- ...nd_non-standard_dialects|non-standard dialect]] features, for example in [[British English]], TH-fronting as in 'fink' for 'think'.3 KB (444 words) - 08:58, 14 November 2007
- '''Y''' = '''Wŷe''' ''river'' = [[British English|BrE]] (with no '''h''' sound) '''whŷ''' ''reason''1 KB (217 words) - 07:52, 21 December 2016
- ...fect on a following '''a''', making it sound like '''ó''' in '''hót''' (in British English: in American, there is the usual '''à''' sound): '''ẁas, ẁhat, ẁant,6 KB (969 words) - 15:22, 23 January 2015
- [[British English|BrE]] ''barrier, drink'' '''bàr''' = ''sheep'' '''bàa''' <nowiki>*</nowiki>Toô-nìzhə [[American English|AmE]]; [[British English|BrE]] Chû-nízìə '''Tunisia'''6 KB (884 words) - 13:10, 13 May 2017
- ...'paakingu chiketto'', the ''wasei-eigo'' term.<ref>''Parking ticket'' in [[British English]] usually means a notice of illegal parking handed down by a traffic warden9 KB (1,370 words) - 22:35, 15 February 2010
- # He '''practiced''' ([[American English|AmE]])/'''practised''' ([[British English|BrE]]) piano until 2 a.m.7 KB (1,040 words) - 11:46, 2 February 2023
- ...rican English]], [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ʌ] in standard [[British English]]. Pronounced '''oô''' in British English: '''Lûke, lûnar, flûe''' ''chimney'' = '''flû''' ''influenza'', '''blû9 KB (1,523 words) - 17:07, 15 February 2016
- ...[frequency|frequencies]] of vibrations involved in the production of six [[British English]] vowels by an [[adult]] [[male]] [[native speaker]]: from left to right, ...shed by height: e.g. English [i:], [ɛ] and [ɑ:] in ''see'', ''bed'' and ([[British English]]) ''car'' are high, mid and low vowels. Some languages make a four-way dis9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
- ...nced [ˈaː] or [ˈaːɹ], like the word ''are'' (with that '''r''' silent in [[British English]] finally or before a consonant: ''ah''). ...t (but it is rare before '''j''': '''përjury, màrjoram, Màrjorie'''). In [[British English|British]] and [[Commonwealth English]], it is silent before a consonant, th8 KB (1,297 words) - 07:16, 10 April 2014
- Like a [[full-stop]] ([[British English]], known as a period in [[American English]]), a colon can follow a grammat3 KB (422 words) - 09:31, 22 April 2014
- * {{search link|"killometre"|killometre|ns0|ns14|ns100}} is [[British English]]6 KB (780 words) - 01:09, 16 February 2010
- ...list'''), '''exhåust''' and '''silhouétte'''; in the suffix -'''ham''' (in British English) in names of towns or surnames: '''Béckenham, Péckham, Twíckenham, Tótt '''wh''' = '''w''' in standard British English but is pronounced '''hw''' in American, Scottish, some northern English and9 KB (1,572 words) - 09:23, 18 July 2017
- ...latter term, in American English, refers to the type of card game known in British English as [[Patience]]) is a single-player [[board game]]. Its straightforward ru7 KB (1,310 words) - 04:48, 17 March 2020
- ...ords of more than one syllable: '''beaûtifŷ, dèifŷ, crûcifŷ, mágnifŷ''', [[British English|BrE]] '''páralŷse, ánalŷse''' (in [[American English|AmE]], both -'''y6 KB (1,096 words) - 10:09, 19 December 2016
- ...''prómíse, prémíse''' and '''práctíse''' (which is spelt '''práctice''' in British English when it is a noun, with the same pronunciation).8 KB (1,447 words) - 09:55, 8 August 2016
- ...segments and stress in many languages. For instance, predicting whether a British English /l/ will be velarised or not is difficult without referring to positions wi8 KB (1,140 words) - 00:31, 3 September 2010
- *In the [[United Kingdom]] and in other nations using [[British English]], 1×10<sup>9</sup> is ''1 thousand million'' and 1 billion is 1×10<sup>1 *In the United Kingdom and other nations using British English, France and continental Europe, 1×10<sup>12</sup> is ''1 billion'' and 1 t7 KB (951 words) - 20:45, 6 September 2021
- ...[frequency|frequencies]] of vibrations involved in the production of six [[British English]] [[vowel]]s by an [[adult]] [[male]] [[native speaker]]: from left to rig5 KB (743 words) - 03:42, 9 July 2009
- A '''[[Wrench (tool)|wrench]]''' ([[American English]]), or '''spanner''' ([[British English]]), is a [[fastening tool]] used to manipulate threaded fasteners such as [ While a spanner is a general term in British English for "wrench", there is a specialized tool always known as a spanner. It co9 KB (1,487 words) - 02:17, 25 October 2013
- ...were designed by [[Raymond Cusick]]. Today, the word 'Dalek' has entered [[British English]] to denote someone or something with [[fascist]]ic views or extremist beha4 KB (710 words) - 09:04, 18 October 2013
- '''chéck''' ''verify'' = [[British English|BrE]] '''chéque''' ''money ...'''fôrec'''a'''stle''' (*fôxl, also '''fô'c's'le''') and in the standard [[British English]] pronunciation of words ending in -a'''ry''': '''sécond'''a'''ry, díctio14 KB (2,068 words) - 05:11, 4 October 2017
- ''[[British English|BrE]]'' '''môuld''' = ''[[American English|AmE]]'' '''môld ''[[American English|American]]'' '''môld''' = ''[[British English|British]]'' '''môuld11 KB (1,732 words) - 19:33, 6 July 2017
- But in the great majority of words standard British English '''à''' is '''á''' in American English and some varieties of British and In fact, '''à''' is showing an increasing tendency to give way to '''á''' in British English: it has long had the '''á''' sound in Scotland and the north of England in15 KB (2,623 words) - 12:05, 10 August 2017
- '''anténna''': '''anténnas''', [[British English|BrE]] only '''anténnaê'''10 KB (1,559 words) - 00:45, 9 February 2024
- ...: [[minimal pair]] in [[R|non-rhotic]] pronunciations, like the standard [[British English]] of [[England]] '''ínventory''' ([[minimal pair]] in [[British English]]: *ínvəntry, '''ínfantry''')9 KB (1,336 words) - 11:16, 25 June 2017
- ...the possible spelling differences are insignificant compared with those of British English and American English.8 KB (1,260 words) - 11:32, 19 August 2022
- A number of verbs that are irregular in [[British English]] are regular in [[American English]], such as '''spéll''': both past form |âte [[American English|AmE]], [[British English|BrE]] *ét13 KB (2,513 words) - 06:06, 28 January 2017
- '''Quotation marks''', or (especially in British English) '''inverted commas''', also called, less formally, ''speech marks'' or ''q ! [[British English|English, UK]]18 KB (2,421 words) - 05:14, 25 September 2011
- [[British English|BrE]]: ''entertainment'' '''prémiére''', ''minister'' '''prémier'''; bot ...ur'''; none of the words listed right here have the -'''our''' ending in [[British English]]; see -'''our''' for some other [[American English]] -'''or''' spellings:13 KB (2,002 words) - 18:55, 2 August 2017
- ...''paréntheses''': whether between parentheses ([[American English|AmE]]; [[British English|BrE]] brackets), square brackets (BrE; AmE brackets), commas or dashes, the11 KB (1,818 words) - 18:29, 13 April 2017
- <!-- This article uses British English. -->7 KB (1,172 words) - 09:49, 10 February 2024
- ...ican English]] ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ə]), and [ʌ] in [[British English]]. ...òrough''' (*thúrə), '''Scàrborough''' (cf. '''Édinburgh''', both -brə in [[British English|BrE]])14 KB (2,413 words) - 08:50, 11 November 2016
- **In the [[United Kingdom]] and in other nations using [[British English]], 1×10<sup>9</sup> is 1000 million and 1 billion is 1×10<sup>12</sup>. **In the United Kingdom and other nations using British English, France and continental Europe, 1×10<sup>12</sup> is 1 billion and 1 trill11 KB (1,787 words) - 11:47, 2 February 2023
- 10 KB (1,535 words) - 12:58, 18 February 2024
- ...[[Fowler's Modern English Usage|English Usage]]'' defined the standard for British English for much of the 20th century. The ''Duden'' grammar has a similar status f22 KB (3,258 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024
- '''Làs Vègas''': [[British English|BrE]] usually *Lós Vègas because in [[American English|AmE]] '''Làs''' =16 KB (2,462 words) - 13:05, 5 July 2017
- ...ir'''), '''prèy''' ''victim'' (= '''prây''' ''God''), '''whèy''' ''eat'' [[British English|BrE]] = '''wèigh''' ''heavy'' (= '''wây''' ''manner''), BrE '''grèy''' =15 KB (2,383 words) - 14:30, 13 January 2017
- '''fŏr''' ''preposition'' usually [[schwa]] (in [[British English]], *fə, making a [[minimal pair]] with unstressed '''the'''); stressed = '11 KB (1,649 words) - 17:27, 17 May 2017
- ...ter – the only one used – for [[schwa]]); or we can contrast [[British English]] *dizàstrus with [[American English|American]] *dizástrus. ...be named '''Clàrk''' or '''Clàrke''', but probably not 'Clerk' (though [[British English|BrE]] '''clerk''' = '''Clàrk'''/'''Clàrke'''). Unusual spellings can be e29 KB (5,292 words) - 18:48, 13 April 2017
- '''Mohámmed''' is probably more common in British English, '''Muhámmad''' in American, e.g. the boxer '''Muhámmad Alì'''; also var '''môld''' ''[[American English]]'' = '''môuld''' ''[[British English]]21 KB (3,209 words) - 08:09, 5 September 2017
- ...machine''' (more usually known in [[Australian English|Australian]] and [[British English]] as a '''bread maker''' or '''breadmaker''') is a [[home appliance]] for [10 KB (1,606 words) - 13:42, 15 March 2024
- ...n English (e.g. [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s album, ''[[Nevermind]]'', cf. British English ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols]]'')9 KB (1,447 words) - 19:45, 23 June 2017
- Between '''[[British English]] and [[American English]]''' there are numerous differences in the areas o American and British English both diverged from a common ancestor, and the evolution of each language is61 KB (9,656 words) - 09:17, 2 March 2024
- ...park during Toronto garbage strike.}} '''Garbage''', '''trash''', or (in [[British English]]) '''rubbish''', is the byproduct of the disposed waste created by a socie7 KB (1,005 words) - 06:38, 12 September 2013
- A '''dining car''' (or '''restaurant carriage''' in British English) is a railroad passenger car that serves meals on a train in the manner of6 KB (1,039 words) - 18:03, 29 September 2014