British English Dictionary

I would be interested in this.

Alas, StillTruth is no more. You could post it in the Files forum here, which is where people share PBs they've made. There's a list (not up-to-date, but I hope to get back to catching it up again soon) of all the PBs people have contributed so far here: http://wiki.logos.com/User_Contributed_Personal_Books

Nathan Parker said:

StillTruth is back. Tom is rebuilding from scratch on WordPress.

I know the domain is back up and that he's been rebuilding the site from backups, but there hadn't been a status update since Aug 2, and I thought I'd heard somewhere that he hasn't had time to put much time into it.

Nathan Parker said:

We've launched a new Personal Books section on there as well.

Thanks. I wasn't aware of that. Here's the link for others reading this thread. There still isn't much up there. Just a few biographies of authors whose first names begin with 'A' and a post about a book by Charles Spurgeon but the PB was nowhere to be found. The only one which had actual downloadable PB's was Arno Gaebelian. It will take a lot of work to get this site back up to where it was before. But I'm glad someone's working on it.

Nathan Parker said:

Plus good research practice.

Good practise. [:)] You know you could just  get a spell-checker for UK. (Set your localisation for UK.)

Nathan Parker said:

at least we have the PB section back up, and 99% of the stuff is L4-L5 ready. Some L3 titles are slowly coming back as well.

I have not been able to find any PB content except the Arno Gaebelein books, as I mentioned in my previous post. Am I looking in the wrong place? I'm looking in http://www.stilltruth.com/personal-books/ and I've read through all the posts in http://www.stilltruth.com/series/personal-books/. Could you point me to the right location? I even registered again (my old login didn't work anymore) and logged in, but that didn't seem to make any difference. Still can't see the .docx files anywhere, except Gaebelein's.

Super.Tramp said:

Nathan Parker said:

Another one for the list. :-)

You missed "localization."

I'm feeling very left out here. You all are talking about a list which you must be able to access, and yet I have not been able to find it on StillTruth.com. Could someone point me to where it is, and all the other goodies?

             I'd be interested in such a PB .............     Does this help?

http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm

or this?            http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/Assets/Communications+Centre/Helpful+Facts+Sheets/Canadian+vs+American+Spelling.pdf

or this?       (Google has lots more, eh???!!!)      *smile*

http://www.firstbook-writing-editing-publishing.com/spelling.html

Nathan Parker said:

Is there a way to do that in Word for Mac and on OS X Directly?

A UK spell checker? Go to System Preferences. I presume it's called 'Languages something' in English.

Blessings, Nathan!               You, of course, may also download the result of your efforts here on the Forums as a .docx file.............         A lot more people are likely to see it, methinks!

                              Since Canadian English is sort of half-way between British and American, I'd love to have a copy of your research!

                                                                          *smile*

You know Logos as the Collins English Dictionary, right? That's British English, and a 'By Title' search for Brit will list almost all of them.

The online Collins is always up to date and also a joy to use ....

                     http://www.collinsdictionary.com/

                                                                                                                       Psalm 29:11

You need to remember it's not just about spellings. Over here, there are a number of words that have different meanings. I was surprised at the number of these when I studied in Vancouver for a year. A few off the top of my head:

Hood = bonnet

Trunk = boot

Fender = bumper

Muffler = exhaust

Gas = petrol

Fire house = Fire station

Eraser = rubber (a very important one to be aware of for Brits going to North America)

Paper cutter = guillotine

Bathroom = toilet

Cookie = biscuit

Biscuit = scone

candy = sweet

Soda = fizzy drink

Awesome - whereas this means "Quite good" to North Americans, it means "absolutely superb" to us. 

Some words are more rude over here than in North America, so don't use the word cra* in a sermon, or "bugg*r" - that's not a person who bugs you over here. 

Some words are less rude here, but I won't fall foul of the bad words filter by reproducing them here. 

The main spelling differences are: 

Words ending in -ize usually end in -ise (although the Microsoft spell checker is rapidly eroding that difference but to older Brits -ize always looks American). 

Word ending in -or usually end in -our (colour, honour, flavour)

With a word like licence, whereas you always spell it license, we spell it as "licence" when it's a noun, and "license" when it's a verb. The mnemonic "CaN SaVe" can help with this>

Another one that comes to mind:

Elevator = Lift

Please note that Canada has its own differences from American English, which I had to get used to when I came up here, so not everything Greg might have learned in Vancouver is transferrable. Here's a list of some of the ones I learned within the first year after I got here:

Washroom (Canadian) = Bathroom (at home) or Restroom (in a public place) (American) = Toilet (British)

Line-up (Canadian) = Line (American) = Queue (British) - this is the noun; the verb is "Line up" in Canadian, "Wait in line" in American, and "Queue" in British English

Old cheese (Canadian) = Aged cheese or Sharp cheese (American) ["old cheese" sounds like it's gone bad to American ears]

Parkade (Canadian) = Parking deck or Parking garage (American)

Zed (Canadian/British) = Zee (American) -- the letter 'z'

Buggy (Canadian) = Shopping cart (American)

Garburetor (Canadian) = Dispose-all or Disposal or Garbage Disposal (American)

Tuque (Canadian) = no exact equivalent in American English; it's a kind of knitted hat

Hydro (Canadian) = Electric company (American)

Bum (Canadian) = Bottom, butt, rear end (American)

Physio or Physiotherapy (Canadian) = Physical therapy (American)

Homo milk (Canadian) = Homogenized milk or Whole milk (American) ["homo milk" sounds like a rude way to say milk for gay people to American ears]

Brown bread (Canadian) = Wheat bread (American)

In hospital (Canadian) = In the hospital (American)

EDIT: 

A week Friday (Canadian, and I think British too) = A week from Friday

[When telling time] Half six (British) = Half past six (American, and I think Canadian too) - "half six" would sound like you mean "three" to Americans; I believe "Six-thirty" works for all three

Over the page (British and I think Canadian) = Turn the page (American)

Expiry date (pronounced ex-PYRE-ee, not the way Americans would pronounce it, EX-puh-ree) (Canadian) = Expiration date (American)

Opening hours (Canadian, British too?) = Hours, or Hours of operation (American)

[year in school] Grade 5 (Canadian) = 5th Grade (American) = something like 5th Form (British), but the years don't line up exactly, so I'm not sure

Additional spelling differences:

Sceptic (Canadian/British) = Skeptic (American)

Cheque (Canadian/British) = Check (American) - the financial instrument, not the verb "to check" which is the same across all three; except, interestingly, Americans usually spell "traveler's cheques" the British/Canadian way (except with a single 'l' not double; see below)

Multi-syllable words ending with -er in American English often end with -re in British/Canadian (e.g., center/centre, liter/litre), but not when the -er is an ending denoting the doer of something (e.g., maker, finder)

Some double letters:

Tonne (Canadian/British) = Ton (American)

Programme (Canadian/British) = Program (American)

...and when adding an ending which adds another syllable to a word ending with 'L':

Travel --> Travelling (Canadian/British) = Traveling (American)

More spelling differences listed here:

http://letstip.com/differences-between-british-and-american-english-i/

Some pronunciation differences:

Been: American = bin (might depend on region); Canadian/British = bean

Again: American = uh-GHEN; Canadian/British = uh-GAIN

Schedule: American = SKED-juhl or SKED-jew-uhl; Canadian/British = SHED-yule

Lieutenant: American = lyoo-TEN-ant; Canadian/British = lev-TEN-ant [this one never made sense to me; where's the V in that word?]

Decal: American = DEE-cal; Canadian = DECK-uhl

Pasta: Americans pronounce the first a 'ah' like in Italian; Canadians pronounce it with a flat 'a' as in cat; this is true of lots of 'a' sounds (Mazda, plaza, Dalai Lama, etc.), but not all (e.g., father)

Rosie Perera said:

Another one

Nicely done Rosie.

You've "adapted" quite well!

Your military reference to a Canadian "lev" ten-ant could also be a leF-ten-ant. And no, I never could figure out where the "v" or "f" came from either.

SteveF said:

Nicely done Rosie.

You've "adapted" quite well!

[:)]

SteveF said:

Your military reference to a Canadian "lev" ten-ant could also be a leF-ten-ant. And no, I never could figure out where the "v" or "f" came from either.

There are some possible theories here (particularly the post by Rhondish) and here. Another odd military pronunciation which I think is the same in British/Canadian and American English is colonel. We (Americans) pronounce it "kernel". Very strange.