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What do the British say about American English?
• They say that the Americans speak English with an accent.
• They say that the British speak English and the Americans speak American.
How is American English different from British English?
• It's spoken with an accent, and it's got different words.
• It's spoken with an accent, but it's got the same words.
What are pants for an Englishman?
• Trousers.
• What he wears under his trousers.
What does an American mean when he talks about 'a faucet'.
• A lift.
• A tap.
Who speaks with the shorter words - an Englishman or an American?
• An Englishman.
• An American.
Why does an American call a toilet 'a john'?
• Because the first modern toilet was made by a man called John.
• Because he likes to say long words.
How long had the Englishman in the story tried to phone his American friend?
• For half-an-hour.
• Half-an-hour before.
What does 'Are you through? ' mean in British English?
• 'Have you finished?'
• 'Are you speaking to the person you wanted to phone? '
When an American says: "Do you have baths? " what does an Englishman think he means?
• 'Do you ever get into a bath and wash yourself? '
• 'Have you got any baths here? '
Who say: "A glass of beer, please? "
• The British.
• The Americans.
There are words that mean one thing in British English and another in American English.
• The words mean something different for the British than for the Americans.
• The American word for some things is different from the British word.
If an Englishman asks for pants in a shop in New York, he'll find that the shop assistant shows him trousers.
• If you want to buy trousers in New York, you must ask for 'pants'.
• If you want to buy pants in New York, you must ask for 'trousers'..
An American calls a lift 'an elevator'.
• The American name for an elevator is 'a lift'.
• The American name for a lift is 'an elevator'.
For 'toilet', they say 'John'.
• They don't say 'john'; they say 'toilet'.
•They don't say 'toilet'; they say 'john'.
To show you how difficult it sometimes is for the British and Americans to understand each other,...
• To show you that the British and Americans sometimes have a lot of difficulty when they want to understand each other...
• To show you that it's sometimes very difficult to understand the British and Americans...
An Englishman had tried for half-an-hour to phone a friend.
• He'd tried to phone his friend half-an-hour before.
• He'd started trying to phone his friend half-an-hour before.
The American asks: "Do you have baths? "; the Englishman will think that the American's telling him that he's dirty.
• The Englishman understands: 'Do you ever have a bath? '
• The Englishman understands: 'Have you got any baths? '
The Americans usually talk to people less politely than the British.
• The British don't talk to people as politely as the Americans.
•The Americans don't talk to people as politely as the British.
Perhaps one day the British will have to buy a dictionary before they go to America.
• If they go to America, they'll need to buy a dictionary.
• It they want to buy a dictionary, they'll need to go to America.