Here are some examples of words that have relatively minor pronunciation differences: advertisement American: [ ad-ver- tahyz -m uh nt ] British: [ ad- vur -tis-m uh nt ] mall American: [ mawl ] British: [ mal ] missile American: [ mis - uh l ] British: [ mis -ahyl ] dynasty American: [ dahy -n uh -stee ] British: [ din - uh -stee ] baboon
2. Lexical Differences Between American And British English "In words as fashions the same rule will hold Alike fantastic if too new or old be not the first by whom the new are tired nor yet the last to lay the old aside" Alexander Pope: An Essay on Criticism ii 133- 136 When American and British people meet, the first obvious difference is