UK & USA English

Some Common English Words
British vs American - A comparison

British Words	American Words
Angry	Mad
Anywhere	Anyplace
Autumn	Fall
Bank Note	Bill
Baggage	Luggage
Barrister, Solicitor	Attorney
Biscuits	Cookies
Bonnet	Hood
Boot	Trunk
Caretaker	Janitor
Chemist	Drug store
Chips	French-fries
Cinema	Movies
Cooker	Stove
Corn	Wheat
Crash	Wreck
Crossroads	Intersection
Curtains	Drapes
Dual Carriageway	Divided, Highway
Dustbin	Trashcan
Dynamo	Generator
Engine	Motor
Engine Driver	Engineer
Film	Movie
Flat	Apartment
Garden	Yard
Grill	Boiler
Ground Floor	First Floor
Holiday	Vacation
Hoover	Vacuum Cleaner
Ill	Sick
Interval	Intermission
Jug	Pitcher
Lift	Elevator
Lorry	Truck
Mad	Crazy
Main Road	Highway
Maize	Corn
Maths	Math
Mean	Stingy
Motorway	Freeway

	and maybe some more...

Serious Tips

> By studying the parts of a word, it is possible to understand the meaning of the word.
> Remember that correct spelling is key to conveying what you mean in writing.
> To catch mistakes, read your document backwards, word for word as a final step.

Some Facts about English Language

Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
E is the most frequently used letter in the English.
Gadsby is the only novel (267 pages, 50,000 words) written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright, without the use of letter "E".
Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter; by Mark Twain in 1876.
Uncopyrightable is the only 15-letter word in the English language that can be written without repeating a letter.
The word Set has 464 definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. The word Run runs a distant second, with 396.
The dot over the i or j is called a tittle.
The word queue is the only word in the English language that is pronounced the whole for its first letter.
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

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Sindhi (Pakistan) - 52
Urdu (Pakistan) - 37
Persian (Iran) - 32
Greek (Greece) - 24
English (Global) - 26
Latin - 23

Interesting Facts

40% of school students are unable to read English

60% of college students are unable to understand English

70% of university students are unable to speak English

85% of working professionals are unable to give proper presentation

90% of applicants are unable to write CVs and give interview

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