Difference between English (UK) and English (US).
By coolest1983
@coolest1983 (281)
India
January 29, 2007 12:11am CST
Hi. I do see in most of the computer programs and sites that they give us an option to select English (UK) or English (US) in languages option. But I don't know really what is the difference in these two. Can somebody help me out.
6 responses
@malini4u (896)
• India
4 Feb 07
english is comsidered to be funny languauge...its origination and annotation are quite intersting..
yes there are lots of difference with uk and us english..
i can give u one example from my part
uk:colour
us:color
but both means the same..so shich one is correct??and from wer its originated??i personally feel uk english is more older than us
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@coolest1983 (281)
• India
4 Feb 07
I have learned that there is not that much of difference between the two except some minor spelling and pronunciation. They both mean the same thing. Both of them can be used. I don't know whether UK English is Older or else.
Thanks for explaining. Good Luck.
@rakesh_07 (684)
• India
4 Feb 07
there is not much a difference between the two...... just a slight difference in spelling and pronounciation......
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@coolest1983 (281)
• India
4 Feb 07
So nice of you for letting me know. Ya there is just a slight difference and it doesn't matter at all.
@darshini (55)
• India
29 Jan 07
There's not much of a difference between the two except for some minor things like spelling, pronunciation etc. For example as per UK English you call a building that houses a number of families as FLAT and the same is called as an APARTMENT in US English. Its "cheque" in UK and "check" in US. For US English the letter "Z" is mostly used in place of "S" - realisation (UK), realization (US). If u r good in English it'll not be a problem whether you choose US or UK English.
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@coolest1983 (281)
• India
29 Jan 07
Thank you for being so descriptive in explaining me. I have got it that there is not much of a difference in both except some minor things; and I do appreciate your knowledge about this.
@bestfriends (876)
• Australia
29 Jan 07
They have a different spelling and pronounciation. Words can be different too. That's what I've heard. I am not in the position to answer this accurately since I am not from these countries. I live in the Philippines in Asia.
@coolest1983 (281)
• India
29 Jan 07
You are correct that they only have different spellings and pronunciation. Some words are different too. I have cleared my doubts now. And FYI I too am an Asian (Indian).
@inflamation (866)
• Pakistan
29 Jan 07
The differnce between them is accents differnce. The way of british english speaking is quite different from the way of american spoken english. According to me american english is better then british one.
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@Rajendra_20 (139)
• India
29 Jan 07
i don't know what uk english or us english, please tell me about it,
@coolest1983 (281)
• India
29 Jan 07
Ya friend. My views have got cleared now. There is not much of a difference between these two except some minor things like Z is pronounced as S in English(Uk). Realization (US): Realisation (UK).
