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B1 Intermediate English 7:18 Educational

How Are British English and American English Different?

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B1

CEFR Level

5/10

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Subtitles (182 segments)

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hello

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hi i'm christina and i'm from the usa

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and i am emily and i'm from the uk

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[Music]

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i think of course like the pronunciation

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is quite different and some words are a

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little bit different too and the sling

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as well of course there is british

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english versus american english when it

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comes to accents but i think the big

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difference is in words used yeah yeah i

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think like the actual words you use

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right

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[Music]

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i personally think that the poor

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americans need more explanation

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what do i mean by that instead of saying

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something with a simple word they have

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to explain what it is like a riding

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saddle for example when you ride a horse

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it's a riding saddle but in the uk it's

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just a saddle for example glasses in the

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uk it's just glasses but in america's

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eyeglasses people see bull yeah i've

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heard both yeah yeah but why do you need

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a further explanation what it is

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art glasses yeah just glasses yeah trash

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can

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trash trash can you need to know that

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it's a can for the trash you don't you

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can't just call it something else

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yeah that sounds so like rubbish like i

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don't know it sounds like weird as an

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american like i don't really say that

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rubbish

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that's rubbish

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rubbish

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