Publication 463
By noota on
Monday, May 26, 2003
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English language is spoken in a good different countries as official or second language .
But to our surprise , each country has it's own spelling , intonation , pronounciation and so on .
Sometimes it brings misunderstanding among English speaking nation .
Here are good example of sentences which could be problem .
1) Let's meet on the first floor .
the first floor .
2) If you want to go there , use the subway .
( the subway is called tube or underground in
Britain .)
3) I have a flat .
( flat means apartment in Britain .
There are a lot of words which are diffrent among British and American English .
British American
cookie biscuit
lift elevator
shop store
petrol gasoline
return round -trip
mobile cellular
and so on .
It sounds interesting ! But we should pay attention to it in case of misunderstanding .
I hope your reply soon .
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