TherearevastdifferencesinculturebetweenAmericansandtheirBritishCommonwealthcounterpartsthroughouttheworld.

　　AmericanEnglishisspokenintheUSA,CanadaandmanyPacificRimcountrieswhereAmericahasexertedaninfluence.

　　BritishEnglishisspokenthroughouttheBritishCommonwealthof54countries,someofthemostnotablebeingtheUnitedKingdom,Australia,NewZealandandSouthAfrica,withCanadabeingtheexception.AlthoughpartoftheCommonwealth,CanadianstendtospeakamixtureofAmericanandBritishEnglishduetothatcountry'sproximitytotheUSA(althoughtheyspelltheBritishway).

　　Inthedictionarysection,youwillseehowmanywordsdiffercompletelybetweenthetwo"languages".Thisisavirtual"YanktoLimeyspeak"dictionary-thewordsarelistedinalphabeticalorderbyAmericanEnglishword.Orvisitthesearchpagetofindaspecificwordorphrase.

　　Thedrivingsectionexaminesthedifferencesindrivingpractices(includinganexplanationofwhyCommonwealthcountriesdriveontheleft)whilethedrinkingandeatingsectionsexplaintheverydifferentetiquettesprevalentbetweenthetwocultures.

　　Inthesectionlabeledother,youwillfindallsortsofmiscellaneousdifferencesincludingmeasurements,legaldrivinganddrinkingagesaswellaslifestyledifferenceslikechoiceofbeddingandevenhowtoiletsdiffer!

　　TheFAQ(frequentlyaskedquestions)coversthoseoftenaskedquestionsaboutCommonwealthersandAmericans.QuestionssuchaswhyareAmerican'scalledYanksandtheEnglishcalledLimeys,andwheredoesthat"bloody"wordcomefromtheEnglishuseineverysentence?

　　Funnystuffcoversvarioushilarioussituationsthatcanoccurbecauseofthedifferencesinlanguageandculture.

　　Spellingcoversthatvastandconfusingdifferencesinthewaysofspellingtheexactsameword.

　　PronunciationcoversthedifferencesinthewayAmericansandCommonwealtherssoundcertainwords.

　　SlangisanewsectionthatcoversdifferentslangwordsintheUSA,Britain,AustraliaandSouthAfrica.

　　Finally,ifyouwanttoknowwhoIamandwhyIknowsomuchaboutthedifferencebetweenAmericanandEnglishculture,gohere.