BrE VS AmE
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Pronunciation
Writing
pronunciation
French stress
BrE
AmE
adult
/ˈædʌlt/
/əˈdʌlt/
Ballet
/ˈbæleɪ/
/bæˈleɪ/
Buffet
//
/ˈbə-fət/
Denouement
//
/deɪˈnuːmɑ̃ː/
fiancee
/fiˈɑ̃ːn .seɪ/
//
address
/əˈdres/
/ˈæ/
-ate & -atory
BrE
AmE
Dictate
/dɪkˈteɪt/
/ˈdik-ˌtāt/
Donate
/dəʊ ˈneɪt/
//
Migrate
/maɪˈgreɪt/
/ˈmī-ˌgrāt/
Locate
/ləʊ ˈkeɪt/
/ˈlō-ˌkāt/
Rotate
/rəʊ ˈteɪt/
//
Miscellaneous stress
BrE
AmE
Examples
/aɪ/
/iː/
Either, Neither
/iː/
/ɪ/
been
/æ/
/eɪ/
Patriot, plait
/ɑː/
/eɪ/
Amen, promenade, tomato
/ʃ/
/sk/
schedule
/ɑː/
/æ/
Laugh, bath
spelling
Historical backgrounds
BrE
Samuel Johnson
AmE
Noah Webster
Latin-derived spellings
-our, -or
BrE: colour, flavour, honour, neighbour..
AmE: color, flavor, honor, neighbor…
-er, -re
BrE: centre, fibre, metre, theatre…
AmE: center, fiber, meter, theater…
Greek-derived spellings
-ise, -ize
American and Canadian spelling accepts only –ize endings in most cases, such anize, realize, and recognize; British usage is split between –ise and –ize.
-yse, -yze
-yse is British and –yze is American, for example analyse, hydrolyze…
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