British and American English
6 Minute Vocabulary
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Hello
and
welcome
to
Six
Minute
Vocabulary
.
My
name's
Catherine
and
I'm
here
today
with
our
special
guest
presenter
Doug
.
Welcome
to
the
show
,
Doug
.
Hi
,
Catherine
.
How
are
you
?
I'm
fine
,
thank
you
.
How
are
you
,
Doug
?
Fine
.
Tell
us
a
bit
about
yourself
,
Doug
.
You're
originally
from
Canada
,
right
?
Yes
,
I'm
from
Vancouver
,
which
is
in
western
Canada
.
But
I
moved
here
a
long
,
long
time
ago
.
But
you
still
got
an
American
English
accent
.
I
noticed
.
I
haven't
lost
that
.
And
that's
cool
,
because
this
show
is
all
about
the
differences
between
British
English
and
American
English
vocabulary
.
So
tell
me
,
,
do
Canadians
like
you
speak
American
English
?
I
don't
think
Canadians
would
say
that
.
Let's
say
they
they
speak
North
American
English
,
OK
,
but
it
is
very
similar
.
So
American
English
actually
,
and
British
English
aren't
really
that
different
.
No
,
I'm
British
and
me
and
Doug
can
understand
each
other
perfectly
.
Yes
.
Yes
,
usually
.
Of
course
we
can
.
Yes
,
of
course
I
understand
we
can
.
But
there
are
a
few
vocabulary
differences
between
American
and
British
English
that
is
very
helpful
to
learn
.
And
today
with
Doug's
help
,
we're
going
to
take
you
through
some
of
them
.
So
over
to
you
,
Doug
.
OK
,
thanks
,
Catherine
.
Let's
start
with
some
examples
.
This
is
John
from
the
U.S.
talking
about
his
recent
visit
to
Britain
.
Here's
a
question
for
you
while
you're
listening
.
Did
John
enjoy
his
visit
?
Here's
John
.
I
went
to
Britain
for
two
weeks
last
fall
.
Actually
,
British
people
don't
say
fall
.
They
say
autumn
in
the
States
.
We
paid
the
check
,
but
in
Britain
they
pay
the
bill
.
We
a
letter
,
but
the
British
post
a
letter
.
We
go
to
a
store
to
buy
candy
and
cookies
.
But
the
British
go
to
a
shop
to
buy
sweets
and
biscuits
.
But
I
had
a
great
time
there
.
So
the
question
was
,
according
to
John
,
did
he
enjoy
his
visit
and
the
answer
is
yes
,
he
did
.
He
said
he
had
a
great
time
.
Well
done
if
you
got
that
right
at
home
.
Now
,
let's
have
a
closer
look
at
some
of
the
vocabulary
John
used
.
Here's
a
clip
and
another
question
for
you
.
What's
the
name
of
the
season
after
summer
?
Actually
,
British
people
don't
say
fall
.
They
say
autumn
.
So
in
Britain
,
this
season
after
summer
is
called
autumn
.
Hmm
.
Yes
.
But
in
American
English
,
it's
called
fall
because
the
leaves
fall
fall
.
Next
question
.
When
you're
in
a
restaurant
and
you
finish
the
meal
,
what
do
you
ask
for
?
What
do
you
pay
?
Listen
,
again
,
in
the
states
,
we
paid
the
check
,
but
in
Britain
they
pay
the
bill
.
In
America
,
the
word
is
check
.
You
pay
the
check
.
At
the
end
of
the
meal
,
you
pay
the
check
.
But
in
Britain
,
we
pay
the
bill
.
Mm
hmm
.
Here's
another
difference
between
British
and
American
English
.
What
do
we
do
when
we
send
a
letter
?
Can
you
remember
the
British
word
or
the
American
word
or
both
?
Listen
,
again
,
we
a
letter
,
but
the
British
post
a
letter
.
So
in
Britain
,
we
post
a
letter
.
But
,
Doug
,
North
Americans
say
a
letter
.
OK
,
now
,
John
said
that
British
people
go
to
a
shop
to
buy
sweets
and
biscuits
.
Well
,
where
do
Americans
go
and
what
do
they
buy
there
?
Listen
,
one
more
time
,
we
go
to
a
store
to
buy
candy
and
cookies
.
The
British
say
shop
,
but
the
Americans
say
store
.
The
British
say
sweets
.
But
the
Americans
say
candy
.
The
British
say
biscuits
.
And
in
North
America
,
that's
cookies
.
Six
minutes
vocabulary
from
BBC
Learning
English
dot
com
.
And
our
topic
for
today
is
British
and
American
vocabulary
.
,
a
question
for
you
.
A
lot
of
learners
of
English
want
to
know
which
one
is
better
.
Is
it
British
English
or
American
English
?
What
do
you
think
?
And
to
be
honest
,
there's
no
difference
.
Just
use
the
one
you
like
and
now
it's
time
for
a
quiz
.
Doug
is
going
to
say
an
American
English
word
,
and
you
have
to
say
the
British
English
word
with
the
same
meaning
.
OK
,
so
the
first
American
English
word
is
check
.
What's
the
British
word
for
check
?
And
the
answer
is
Bill
.
Next
word
,
Candy
.
What
do
British
people
say
instead
of
candy
?
And
the
British
word
for
candy
is
sweets
good
.
And
the
last
American
word
is
.
What's
the
British
word
for
?
The
British
word
for
is
post
.
And
that's
all
our
questions
for
today
.
.
And
before
we
go
,
here's
a
tip
to
help
you
with
your
vocabulary
studies
.
Yes
,
people
speak
English
with
many
different
accents
.
Australian
,
Indian
,
Nigerian
,
Singaporean
,
West
Indian
.
So
it's
a
good
idea
to
practice
listening
to
lots
of
accents
,
not
only
British
accents
or
American
English
.
It's
easy
to
find
examples
of
many
different
accents
.
Just
go
online
.
Top
tip
.
Thanks
very
much
and
thanks
for
being
with
us
today
.
Well
,
that's
the
end
of
the
program
,
but
there's
a
lot
more
about
this
ABC
Learning
English
dot
com
.
Join
us
again
soon
for
more
six
minute
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.
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bye
.