A question for those who take ESL (English and a Second Language)

canadians dont use the u, i assure you if you read any of my posts, i use no u in color or favorite! that's just an american thing. AHEm! are you american or canadian ?

here in the Philippines, we follow the American english. we do not insert U's in words. but for me, i appreciate more the British english. it sounds so formal, and it's very nice to hear for me.

When i was in indonesia the taught me British English and it's kinda hard though and now I'm studying American English which kind of easier.

i've always been studying British English and I've always had British teachers...therefore this was the first kind of English I was taught...then I met with American English and now I am quite aware of the differences..because I am a doctor and we all use English as our scientific language and many researches come from USA ...therefore I'm getting used to listening to people speaking both American and British English... I'm studying for doing ESL exams and in fact I hope I can find here someone to help me with written British English

I grew up in the Philippines and we were taught American English (having been a colony of America in the early 20th century). I just moved to Australia though, where they yse British English which I've had to adapt to especially when it comes to my papers for uni. The differences aren't really major, or they don't appear to be anyway, but it still takes a while getting used to say British English if you've been using American English all your life. You've mentioned some of them already like using u's and saying zed, others I've had to remember here is using s's instead of z's for words like organisation, feminisation, pluralisation, etc. And saying whilst instead of while.