https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc Let's share the results of our research on British vs. American! en-us 2018-07-13 12:59:41 UTC 2026-02-25 01:54:43 UTC hello@padlet.com elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270148896 In the 17th century, British pilgrims traveled from Plymouth, England, to America. In the second half of the 18th century, a new flood of Irish people settled in America  fleeing away from the Great Famine. 
The English these people spoke start changing once they set  foot on American soil. Firstly, they needed to borrow words that referred to things they hadn't seen before on the continent like an stampida or a bufalo. Hence, they borrowed words from the Indian Americans but also from colonizers like the French and Spanish who already had words for the things they had not seen up to that point. 

Besides,  within the arrival at the New World of new peoples from other parts  of the continent such as the Germans, Italians and Russians, the language of the English speakers who first arrived to America also evolved towards the American English we know today.

It goes without saying that the wide geographical distance between the two varieties also had an influence on the lexical, phonological and orthographical differences we know today. Let's see some examples of how British and American English differ!

]]> 2018-07-13 14:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270148896 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270151371 Full stop (British)= Period (American)

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]]> 2018-07-13 15:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270152980 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153025 Jumper, pullover (British)= Sweater (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153025 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153302 Truck (British)= Lorry (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153302 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153337 Flat (British) = Apartment (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153337 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153444 First floor (British)= Second floor (American)
Ground floor (British)= First floor (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153444 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153917 Post (British)= Mail (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153917 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153954 Timetable (British)= Schedule (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270153954 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270154029 Rubber (British)= Eraser (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270154029 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270154089 Candy floss (British)= Cotton Candy (American)]]> 2018-07-13 15:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270154089 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270156677 Colour ( British)= Color (American)]]> 2018-07-13 16:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270156677 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270156780 Waistcoat (British)= Vest (American)]]> 2018-07-13 16:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270156780 elisa_xtv https://padlet.com/elisa_xtv/ccfns2oim3jc/wish/270157229 Aeroplane (British)= Airplane (American)

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