British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...
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The English language was introduced to the Americas by the arrival of the British, beginning in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The language also...
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in English orthography, the two most notable variations being British and American spelling. Many of the differences between American and British or Commonwealth...
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and British English (A–L) List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M–Z) List of English homographs Lists of English words...
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Received Pronunciation (redirect from Queen's English)
"General British" (to parallel "General American") in his 1970s publication of A Concise Pronouncing Dictionary of American and British English and in subsequent...
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readily understand most British broadcasting, and British listeners readily understand most American broadcasting. Most English speakers around the world...
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Antarctic English. American English British English American and British English spelling differences English phonology Survey of English Dialects List of dialects...
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Word » American vs. British Smackdown: Station wagon vs. estate car". Retrieved April 18, 2019. British author George Orwell (in English People, 1947, cited...
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delimiters. English in Southern England (also, rarely, Southern English English; Southern England English; or in the UK, simply, Southern English) is the...
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in British and American English: A–L. For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z...
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official maps and documents with British Channel or British Sea for much of the next century. However, the term English Channel remained popular and was...
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spoken and written in England include English English and Anglo-English. The related term British English is ambiguous, so it can be used and interpreted...
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The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting...
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variety of English known as Multicultural British English (MBE), also known as Multicultural Urban British English (MUBE) or Urban British English (abbreviated...
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American English in most regards, classifiable together as North American English, Canadian English also possesses elements from British English as well...
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to 1825, as defined by Queen Elizabeth I. In England (and the British Empire), English units were replaced by Imperial units in 1824 (effective as of...
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Royal Navy (redirect from Royal English Navy)
Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service. Although warships were used by English and Scottish...
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in British English, Hiberno-English and Commonwealth English in American English, Newfoundland English and Philippine English in British English in British...
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English Wikipedia community concerns the preference for national variety of the English language, particularly American English and British English....
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January 1961. A British copper farthing succeeded the English farthing after England and Scotland were united into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, although...
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Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have different...
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British Empire became the global hegemon was later described as Pax Britannica (Latin for "British Peace"). Alongside the formal control that Britain...
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"English", non-white people were more likely to describe themselves as "British". It is unclear how many British people consider themselves English. The...
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Social class in the United Kingdom (redirect from English class system)
influenced by the concept of social class, which continues to affect British society today. British society, like its European neighbours and most societies in...
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Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The...
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Pound sterling (redirect from English pound)
pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. Sterling...
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simplified family tree of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs. For more-detailed charts see: Family tree of English monarchs, from Alfred the Great...
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(known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978...
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British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Since around 1964, with the "British Invasion" of the United States...
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in British and American English: M–Z. For the first portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L)...
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