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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

RAZLIKE IZMEĐU AMERIĈKOG I BRITANSKOG ENGLESKOG

Autor: Jovana Šormaz, VIII1 OŠ “Isidora Sekulid”, Mentor: Mirjana Marid,

SUMMARY
The divergence between American and British English caused Georg Bernard Shaw to say that ‘The United
States of America and England are two great nations separated by a common tongue. In fact, most of the
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time the two peoples understand each other fairly well’. Winston Churchill gave almost the same comment.
Oscar Wilde also commented that ‘The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of
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course, the language.‟

American English is a form of the English language used in United States of America. It also includes all of
English dialects that are used in USA. British English is a form of the English language used in Great
Britain. It includes all the English dialects used in Britain.

Have you ever wondered why British and American English are different, and what is it that makes them so
different?

In this paper, you can find answers for those and many other questions. I will introduce you with the
differences in spelling, pronunciation, grammar and with many other differences in everyday English.
Everyone can see these differences, not just Americans and Britons, people in Serbia can also notice the
differences while they are watching some TV shows or movies.

Key words: American English, British English, differences, spelling, grammar, pronunciation
REZIME

Divergencija izmedju američkog i britanskog engleskog prouzrokovala je da Georg Bernard Shaw kaže
‘Sjedinjene Americke Drzave i Engleska su dve velike nacije razdvojene sličnim jezikom. Ustvari, dvoje ljudi se,
vedi deo vremena, razumeju dosta dobro.’ Winston Churchill je dao skoro isti komentar. Oscar Wilde je
prokomentarisao ‘Amerikanci su skoro identični Britancima u svakom pogledu osim, naravno, u jeziku.’

Američki engleski je forma engleskog jezika koja se koristi u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Takodje,
uključuje sve engleske dijaletke koji se koriste u SAD-u.

Britanski engleski je forma engleskog jezika koja se koristi u Velikoj Britaniji. Uključuje i sve engleske dijalekte
koji se koriste u Britaniji.

Da li ste se ikada zapitali zašto se britanski i američki engleski razlikuju i šta je to što ih čini različitim?
U ovom radu, nadi dete odgovore na ta, kao i na mnoga druga pitanja. Upoznadu vas sa razlikama u
spelovanju, izgovoru, gramatici i sa još mnogo razlika u svakodnevnom engleskom jeziku. Svako može videti
ove razlike, ne samo Amerikanci i Britanci, ljudi u Srbiji mogu, takodje, uočiti razliku dok gledaju neke serije ili
filmove.
Ključne reči: američki engleski, britanski engleski, razlike, spelovanje , gramatika, izgovor.

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www.hps.com/~tpg/ukdict/