";s:4:"text";s:3352:" This is evident when comparing English in Britain, the United States and Australia. Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is the country's national and de facto official language as it is the first language of the majority of the population. If English is not is your native language, you may struggle to differentiate the variances between English spoken in Australia, vs. the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, or India. So it got me thinking, since English is the most widely spoken second language in the world, what other differences exist between Australian English vs. American English vs. British English vs Canadian English. Each form of English has features which set it apart from the rest, and this applies not only to the spoken language, but the written as well. American English. Definition. Australian English. If English is not is your native language, you may struggle to differentiate the variances between English spoken in Australia, vs. the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, or India. Varieties of English Australian English by Tristan Schmitz & Mesut Deveci. American English usage.
Australian English (AuE; en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. Fortunately, the US State Department has created a series of these useful graphics to help clear things up between the British English Vs. American English usage. It is in the books we read for pleasure and the material we read for university. Australian English’s reputation as an amalgam of British and American English can be understood more clearly when you look at its grammatical features. As we all know, English is considered to be a universal language. So, who is right? Fortunately, the US State Department has created a series of these useful graphics to help clear things up between the British English Vs. American English usage. For example, in terms of spelling, Australian English most closely resembles British English. Video Transcript Section 1 Emma: Hello! Strine (Australian English); How it Differs from British and American English Language is born of culture and in turn reflects the history of a culture. American English has no ‘e’ in words such as judgment, acknowledgment and abridgment, while Australian English use both forms (judgment and judgement). Australian/British versus American English Spelling. Henry Sweet incorrectly predicted in 1877 that within a century American English, Australian English and British English would be mutually unintelligible (A Handbook of Phonetics). A ‘lorry’ is referred to as a ‘truck’ and the word ‘pants’ is used in place of ‘trousers’. Perhaps increased worldwide communication through radio, television, the Internet and globalization has tended to … Same is the case with Americans as well.