2015-08-21
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1. AmE 2. BrE 3. AmE 4. BrE 5. BrE 6. BrE 7. AmE
Ex. 5 p. 203
Historical Americanisms: corn, sick, fall, mad, guess; proper Americanisms: adjunct professor, electoral college, campus, bluejay, bobcat, casket, poker-faced, patrol wagon, wheels, wheat, dude, slicker; American borrowings: jazz, mosquito, skunk, raccoon, moose, canyon, coyote, tepee, wickiup, wigwam, buffalo.
Ex. 6 p. 203
| American English | British English | American English | British English |
| a truck farm vanity table appetizer garbage, trash scallion, greenonion prime time bathing suit, swim suit wall-to-wall carpets installment baked potato druggist incorporated, inc. tuxedo appartment house | a market garden dressing table starter rubbish spring onion peak time swimming costume fitted carpets hire purchase jacket potato pharmacist limited, ltd. dinner jacket block of flats | truck to broil principal lumber skillet underpass pantihose French fry duplex faucet oatmeal magician eraser kerosene | lorry to grill headmaster timber frying pan subway tights chips semidetached tap porridge conjurer rubber paraffin |
| American English | British English | American English | British English |
| ask for a list round trip ticket grocery store Scotch tape German shepherd | ask for a ride return ticket supermarket sellotape Alsatian | sales tax streetcar antenna diaper eggplant | VAT tram aerial nappy aubergine |
Ex. 7 p. 203
Excuse me … / Pardon me …; holidays / vacations; ground floor / first floor; lift / elevator; handbag / purse; surname / family name; petrol / gasoline; phone (ring up) / call; purified cotton, cotton-wool / absorbent cotton; autumn / fall; pram / baby carriage; raincoat, mackintosh / slicker; tube, underground / subway; postman / mailcarrier; draughts / checkers; queue / line; purse / wallet, billfold; pharmacy, chemist’s / drugstore; mainroad / highway; tin / can;second-year student / sophomore; post code / ZIP code; mobile phone / cell phone, telephone box / telephone booth, waistcoat / vest, lift / elevator; rent / hire; car park / parking lot; inquiry office / information bureau; interval / intermission; seaside / beach; stalls / ochestra.
