英式英语和美式英语的相关资料：
British English and American English are different,though the same language.How did it come about?In the 17th century,the first immigrants from England came to settle along the east coast of America.These settlers spoke British English at that time.Later on immigrants from other parts of the world came and most of them were from Europe,and some from Africa,Asia or somewhere else.To survive,they had to learn and speak English,and of course,they had words and accents of their own languages,some of which stayed in their new languages.From generation to generation,their English became different from what the first settlers spoke.As more settlers poured in,people went to the west part of America,where the Indians had been for a long time in history.So Indian words came to their English.
These were the two basic causes historically for the differences between British English and American English.When people are struggling to survive and fighting against the Nature,new words are invented,and these new words respectively reflect the life of different nations from the American society and the British society.Besides,with the rapid development of science and economy in the US,which takes the lead in the world,many new words emerged in American English…
Written English is more or less the same in both Britain and the USA,and in everyday speech the two peoples have little difficulty in understanding one another.In fact,the Americans have exported a large number of their words and phrases to Britain—through literature,the movies,TV,American soldiers during both world wars and tourists.The following words and phrases are of American origin:teenager,boyfriend,radio,right away,way of life,etc.
Some of the words that Americans now use come from the languages of their immigrants,particularly from the Germans.The basic meaning of “dumb” in both British and American English,is “unable to speak”.In the USA,it acquired a second meaning “stupid”,straight from the German “damn”(stupid),and this second meaning has now crossed the Atlantic to Britain.
Of course,there are some American words that are peculiar to the USA and are quite different from their equivalents in the rest of the English-speaking world.Here is a list of some of the most important.
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