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I work with a few Brits here and at least once a week we have to sort out British vs. American vocabulary or spelling.
British English (BE) uses -our, -re and -ise while (whilst in British) American English (AE) uses -or, -er, and -ize. colour vs. color; neighbour vs. neighbor; fovourite vs. favorite; centre vs. center; theatre vs. theater, organise vs. organize, realise vs. realize.
Oscar Wilde once said "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language". Here are a few of the vocabulary differences between BE and AE I've come across so far.
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Update: Here's some more British English.
Update: Here's about Cockney Rhyming Slang.
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