Standard English and Differences and geographical varieties

Standard English and Differences and geographical varieties
 
Standard English – a set of grammatical and lexical form which is typically used in speech and writing by educated native people
 
Standard English

- American English – USA, Canada
-  British English – UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

Differences in American and British English

- GRAMMAR

AmE  BrE
learned learnt
burned  burnt
dreamed  dreamt
Do you have  Have you got
 
- SPELLING
color colour
center  centre
program  programme
catalog catalogue
traveler traveller

- PRONUNCIATION
for [for]  for [fo:]
half[hæ:f]  half [ha:f]

- LEXICAL
AmE  BrE Slovak
apartment flat byt
doctor´s office  surgery  ordinácia
drugstore chemist´s  drogéria+lekáreň
elevator  lift  výťah
garbage litter  odpadky
mail post  pošta
the movies cinema kino
sidewalk  pavement  chodník
store shop obchod
streetcar tram  električka
flashlight torch vrecková baterka
stove  cooker sporák
candy sweets cukrovinky
cookies  biscuits  sušienky
French fries chips hranolky
chips crisps  zemiakové lupienky
pants  trousers  nohavice
gas petrol benzín
highway  motorway  dialnica
rock stone  kameň
truck lorry  nákladné auto
sick  ill  chorý
first floor ground floor  prízemie
baggage  luggage batožina
fall autumn jeseň
line  queue  rad ľudí
vacations  holidays prázdniny
railroad  railway železnica
yard  garden záhrada
tube/underground  subway metro
restroom  bathroom kúpelňa
car park parking lot  parkovisko
million  million  milión
billion thousand million  miliarda
trillion billion bilion