American english or british english

Differences:
American: British:
Dialog - Dialouge
Color - Colour
Theater -Theatre

American English 40
British English 55
I use both without really noticing 13
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  • dialogue*

    Let people use what they want and remember the British invented the language.

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    • dappled

      We kind of borrowed most of it. To use one of the OP's original choices, theatre comes via modern French (théâtre) from Old French (don't know the spelling, sorry) from Latin (theatrum) from Greek (theatron). Thea is a view or action and tron is a location, so theatron a place where you can see actions happen (a theatre).

      Offshoots of this were the changing meaning of "thea" to mean action as in military action. That's why we now say theatre of war. There's also the thea in anaesthesia where ana or anae means "lack of", so anaesthesia becomes the lack of a view (i.e. unconscious).

      I'm English and it obviously grates that another country will tell me how to spell my own language. But it's been happening ever since written language existed and being English doesn't make me so special that I'm protected from it. Quite the opposite, in fact, because English itself isn't English. It's Greek, and Latin, and French, and Saxon, and Indian, and a whole bunch of other things.

      It's just our turn to relinquish control of the lingua franca. Pun intended.

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      • Very true, language had to have started somewhere in some vague way, where we would copy others sounds to convey an action or item. My point was just that, like you said, we shouldn't be told how to spell when there is no problem having both spellings.

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    • BeirutsFinest

      sorry about that, i didn't really notice... i never spell it like that anyway

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      • Dialog is American English and Dialogue is British English.

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        • screwface69er

          However English people spell, pronounce and speak it is the truest form of English.

          Seems rather obvious to me??

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  • Americans don't spell dialogue like that. lol. We spell it "dialogue". never in my life have i seen it spelled "dialog". xD

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  • dappled

    British English has had its days numbered for quite a while now.

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  • RomeoDeMontague

    I don't understand the question. Are you asking which we like better? I have seen them both varying ways depending where I was at. I only seen Theatre, Dialouge, and both variations of color/colour.

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  • Aleks85

    Americans are better with Annunciation. I think the English can understand us more easily than we can understand them.

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  • catywompus

    I'm from america but I like to say things like bangers and mash, torch, tele, hoover and stuff. I try to sound english but its just awful. Hahahhahahhaha who cares right! What's that got to do with anything?!?

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    • Hayze

      I am English but I find myself using some American terms. Some of it is pure preference, some examples of this are; elevator instead of lift, asphalt instead of tarmac and apartment instead of flat. Then there is the influence from the Norwegians around me (I live in Norway now) as they use a *lot* of the American terms they have learned from films. Finally there is the influence films and literature from America has had on me directly. I like the sound of both but I do point out to my Norwegian friends the differences. I celebrate diversity and I like that American English differs from British English. Please do not forget Australian, New Zealand and Canadian English either. There are probably others who I have forgotten.

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  • dookeyondoodoo

    Who really cares.... but american english sounds better because we use more slang. I hate when the brits come along and try to talk about our language. Like dude you know what i meant tho. Wtf

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  • UliNalaMansae

    having grown up in america and with an accent my english teachers still hav to correct me.

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  • happybudgies

    I used both

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  • greenhatesblue

    I speak 5 languages...

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  • mizeka

    I'm Finnish and I talk more like an American. I think that's because of watching lots of American movies.

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