Divided by a Common Language

Table of Contents
Foreword v
Acknowledgments v
Guide to Pronunciation and Other Symbols Used vi
1 How Did British and American English Become So Different? i
Some Answers i • The Industrial Revolution 3 • Countries
that Enriched the American Language 4 • Pronouncing
British Place Names 7
2 Tips for the Tourist 8
At the Airport 8 • At the Hotel 8
3 Practical Information 10
Automobiles 10 • Gasoline (Petrol) 11 • Telephones 12
4 For the Technically Minded 15
Plumbing 15 • Electricity 16
5 Institutions and Services 18
The Postal System 18 • Banking 20 • The Currency 21 •
Restaurants 23 • Bars 30 • Shopping 31 • Pronunciation
of Food Names 33 • Some Different Cooking Measurements
34 • Groceries Known by Different Names 34 • Clothing
and Shoes Known by Different Names 38 • Schools 40 •
Health Care 43 • The Political Systems 44 • Museums 46 •
The Theatre 46
6 Differences in Customs and Etiquette 48
7 Transportation 54
8 Pronunciation and Grammar 73
9 Spelling 84

1 0 Sundry Terms 95
Some Different Furnishing Terms 95 • Some Different Terms
for Tools 96 • Some Different Medical Terms 97 • Carnival
(Funfair) Terms 99 • Some Different Gardening Terms 100
11 What Not to Say 101
12 Idioms and Expressions 108
13 Notes on Symbols and Abbreviations 131
1 4 Miscellaneous Information 134
15 UK-US Lexicon \yj
16 US-UKLexicon 178
17 Explanations 220
18 Other Varieties of English 228
Canada 228 • Australia 230 • New Zealand 234 •
South Africa 235
19 Cockney Rhyming Slang 23 7
Afterword 240
Index 243

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