RE English is spoken on all five continents
articulated lorry trailer truck, semi
motorway freeway or highway
pavement sidewalk
roadworks construction zone, roadwork
petrol gasoline or gas
saloon sedan
silencer muffler
spanner wrench
ticking over idling
windscreen windshield
anti-clockwise counter-clockwise
car valeting auto detailing
In addition to vocabulary, British and American English differ in other ways. English
speakers in America have a different accent; their spelling and pronunciation vary as
well. For example, in American English any 'r' is usually pronounced. So words large,
hear, hurt, and dinner would sound differently.
In 1785 Noah Webster became famous by producing The American Spelling Book, which
marked the real birth of American English.