تفاوت های آمریکایی و انگلیسی

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American and British English Differences

Spelling

1. Spelling of words ending in "our" in British English are "or" in American English.

A representative list of such words is:

British	American	British	American	British	American
arbour	arbor	armour	armor	candour	candor
ardour	ardor	clamour	clamor	enamour	enamor
favour	favor	fervour	fervor	flavour	flavor
harbour	harbor	honour	honor	humour	humor
behaviour	behavior	fervour	fervor	labour	labor
odour	odor	parlour	parlor	rancour	rancor
tumour	tumor	valour	valor	colour	color

2. Many American words ending in "or" also end in "or" in British English.

Some examples of this are:

actor	anchor	captor	censor	debtor	decor	Donor
error	factor	jailor	manor	minor	pallor	pastor
razor	sector	terror	tremor	tutor	victor	visitor

3. The spelling of some American words ending in "er" such as center are spelled with "re" such as "centre."

Some examples of this are:

British	American	British	American	British	American
fibre	fiber	centre	center	lustre	luster
metre	meter	louvre	louver	caliber	calibre
sabre	saber	theatre	theater	liter	litre

4. But beware of some French words that end in "re" that are the same in both British and American English.

Some examples of these are:

genre

Notre

Entrée

émigré

cadre

lucre

5. Also beware of some Spanish words such as "hombre" and "padre" which are also exceptions to the rule.

6. The French word "cadre" requires special attention. It is a word that means the nucleus of a group that is intended to form a larger group. For many years the Chinese have pronounced it a "cotter." It is correctly pronounced as "ka dray."

7. One word that deletes the "o" and changes and the "re" is "manoeuvre" in British English and "maneuver" in American English.

8. Some other spelling differences are as follows: