British vs American Spellings

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]British versus American spellings.

[00:00:04]This is British English. In American English, it's written as C H E C K. The q U changes to CK. British English, we talk of a neighbor. American English, notice this.

[00:00:19]Instead of O U, we have only O. So, we talk of a neighbor.

[00:00:24]British English, we talk of center. T R E. American English is center with t e r. British English is theater t r e.

[00:00:34]American English you talk of theater. T e r. Okay. Notice the changes.

[00:00:42]British English color has o. In American English there's only o color. British English you talk of flavor with o. But in American English it changes to flavor. Sorry. favor with only or R.

[00:00:59]American English. Yes. British English again. O U changes to only O.

[00:01:06]So we talk of honor. We talk of defense in British English. Defense in American English the C changes to S. So we talk of defense.

[00:01:17]Okay. Defense with an S. Tire. American English. Now British English we have tire with t y but American English this changes to t i r e. Okay. American English we talk of liter with t r e. American English the t e changes to t e r. So you talk of liter. Yes. American English we talk of license with ce. In American English it changes to license. Not c. It's okay.

[00:01:51]Yeah. It changes to license with an s e. Okay. Now British English you talk of meter with t r e. American English.