Bahasa Inggris banyak digunakan di berbagai negara., sehingga menjadi bahasa Ibu dibeberapa negara. Itulah sebabnya selain Bahasa Inggris ada "Bahasa Inggris-Bahasa Inggris" lain yang merupakan variasi dari bahasa tersebut. Dua versi Bahasa Inggris yang paling umum adalah Bahasa Inggris versi British dan Bahasa Inggris versi Amerika. Examples :
- Ejaan (Spelling)
Bahasa Inggris British
|
Bahasa Inggris Amerika
|
Centre
theatre
realise
catalogue
programme
travelled
neighbour
grey
plough
to
practise (verb)
practice
(noun)
cheque
|
Center
theater
realize
catalog
program
traveled
neighbor
gray
plow
to
practice (verb)
practice
(verb)
check (noun)
|
- Pelafalan (Pronunciation)
Penekanan kata terkadang juga
berbeda. Contoh, kata “details” mendapatkan penekanan pada huruf “e” dalam
Inggris British dan pada “ai” dalam Inggris Amerika.
- Kosa Kata (Vocabulary)
Bahasa Inggris British
|
Bahasa Inggris Amerika
|
lift
boot
autumn
litter
crossroad
trousers
|
Elevator
trunk
fall
garbage
crossing
pants
|
- Idioms
British English
|
American English
|
not touch something with a bargepole
|
not touch something with a ten-foot pole
|
sweep under the carpet
|
sweep under the rug
|
touch wood
|
knock on wood
|
see the wood for the trees
|
see the forest for the trees
|
throw a spanner (in the works)
|
throw a (monkey) wrench (into a
situation)
|
put (or stick) your oar in
but it won't make a ha'porth of difference to put your two penneth (or tuppence worth) in |
to put your two cents (or two cents' worth) in
|
skeleton in the cupboard
|
skeleton in the closet
|
a home from home
|
a home away from home
|
blow one's trumpet
|
blow (or toot) one's horn
|
a drop in the ocean
|
a drop in the bucket
|
flogging a dead horse
|
beating a dead horse
|
haven't (got) a clue
|
don't have a clue or have no clue
|
a new lease of life
|
a new lease on life
|
lie of the land
|
lay of the land
|
to take something with a pinch of salt
|
to take something with a grain of salt
|
a tempest (or storm) in a teacup
|
a tempest in a teapot
|
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