English or American/English test

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exe...ican/index.php


Your results:

You filled in 9 word(s) out of 10 correctly.
That's 90%.

British EnglishAmerican English
bill
bin
notice board
driving licence
truck
jail
sidewalk
railroad
mom

Wrong answer(s):
prison


Not to bad for someone who is illitirute lmao. ( or a bad speller hehe)

You filled in 10 word(s) out of 10 correctly.
That's 100%.

British English American English
shop
autumn
lorry
railway
neighbour
check
theater
gas
harbor
railroad

Oops, missed one.

British English
flat
lorry
harbour
petrol
programme
mum

American English
railroad
elevator
truck

Wrong answer(s):
postman

I'm surprised I got 9/10. I mostly read books by British authors; it's wreaked havoc with my vocabulary

Ten out of ten. I write novels for the Australian and British markets, so I need to be well aware of those insidious Americanisms.

The English English spell the words correctly....

There are two types of English: English and American English. English is spoken and spelt by more than England: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and and almost everywhere that was colonised by Britain in centuries past. American English is isolated to the US and (I think) Canada has a mixture of the two types.

American English spellings evolved in the late 18th century in an attempt to match spellings to pronounciations, although as many know the drawling American accent originated in the west counties of England. The pronounciations from these west counties are, in turn, influenced by the Cornish and Devonian languages which have largely disappeared.

For example, Americans spell categorize and analyze because that is how they pronouce it, whereas the rest of us pronounce these words with a distinctive 's' sound. Of course there is no sense in having a 'u' in colour or a trailing 'me' in programme, but given English is a hybrid of Saxon, Danish, French and Latin, it is no wonder that spellings are all over the place.

Yeah the English stole words from other european countreis that had be taken over by us.

Colonised many hundreds of years ago, but mainly given back in this century
England as we all know ( or should ) is the country that held 9 and still on record held ) the largest Empire of all.

Not that, that is anything to be proud of.
But American enlish also has changed words to fit their own devices...
one clear example
England ( pavement)
America ( Sidewalk )

I just find it kind of fun, with the differences..

The English language is a subject that fascinates me, which is why I made it my profession. There are currently 76 countries in the world where English is either a de facto language spoken by the majority of the population (e.g.: The US and the UK) or an official language designated by the government of a particular country. In many instances, for example India, English was made the official language in order to unify countries with countless native languages. The US and the UK do not have English as an official language, unlike Canada, which has two official languages: English and French.

Incidentally, Sweden has several official languages, none of which is actually Swedish. Finnish and Skånska (the dialect spoken in Southern Sweden) are both official but Standard Swedish isn't. No one's been able to explain that one to me.

In my opinion neither British nor American English is superior to the other, although English language purists might try to claim that the UK English is imminently superior to anything spoken in the US or Australia or any of the many countries where the language is official. This is despite the fact that Cockney English sounds about as lovely as a drunk Glaswegian standing in a Soho doorway. But at least it has character. The beloved BBC English didn't exist until about 70 or so years ago, when the BBC was established.

Thank you Puss_in_Boots, that was really interesting.

I tend to prefer English English, rather than American English, but I guess some of our spelling is a bit silly. Canada is pretty much the same as England with their spellings, but they still say trunk instead of boot, and purse instead of handbag etc.

Alot of my American friends from the Interent expected me to sound quite plummy, like the Queen, and some were surprised when I wasn't, having said that, I do speak quite well considering I am from Essex, which can sound a bit common. But my mum was from the Channel Islands, and they sound almost South African with their accent.

I know I have digressed a little to accents, but there are big differences in language even within England, and they all have their own way of saying things, which can be fascinating.

By the way... I cannot understand a Glaswegian accent to save my life

SEX ~ It's only dirty if it's done right.

Your results:

You filled in 10 word(s) out of 10 correctly.
That's 100%.

British English American English
colour
programme
flat
notice board
chips
mum
postman
theater
favorite
gas

The English language in any form has been around for about 1000 years or so.
Old english, middle english and so forth ( notice the one factor that remains, English )


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language


I think wiki says it best and far more precisly

Yay!!! I Got 100% !!
Now what do I win Kronnie?

~Bella

Did you miss me

I would say you win me at your beck and call hehehe

10 out of 10 but I messed up the copy and pasting so i can't show it.

SEX ~ It's only dirty if it's done right.

Thats okies Nettle i know you wouldnt lie hun