Wednesday, January 1, 2014

American English Vs British English

                           American English Vs British English

There is a slight difference between the 2 English forms used in USA and Britain.
For ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು , we call it as " coriander " . For both seeds and plant we use the same name. Even British.
But in America, they call it as " cilantro ".  When Americans speak of coriander , they are talking about the fruit of cilantro plant which is used as spice ( ಧನಿಯ ) .
But when they say , cilantro , it is the leafy part of  the plant.
I have listed out some other differences.

            American English                                        British English
       
           Sulfur                                                              Sulphur
           Center                                                             Centre
           Flat tyre                                                           Puncture tyre
           Color                                                               Colour
           Air plane                                                          Aero plane
           Apologize                                                         Apologise
           Behavior                                                           Behaviour
           Favorite                                                            Favourite
           Humor                                                               Humour
           Meter                                                                Metre
         
When writing blog, I often encountered with these differences. May be there are many.