There are quite a few noticeable differences between the British

English dialect and the evolved dialect of American English.

These are the ones we will cover:

Spelling
Pronunciation {sounds}
Pronunciation {accent}
Grammar
Vocabulary
AMERICAN -or BRITISH -our
Color Colour
Honor Honour
Favorite favourite

AMERICAN -ze BRITISH -se

Analyze Analyse
Criticize Criticise
Memorize Memorise

AMERICAN -ll BRITISH -l

Enrollment Enrolment
Fulfill Fulfil
Skillful skilful
 AMERICAN -er BRITISH -re
Center Centre
Meter Metre
Theater theatre

AMERICAN -og BRITISH -ogue

Analog Analogue
Catalog Catalogue
Dialog Dialogue

AMERICAN -ck or -k BRITISH -que

Bank Banque
Check Cheque
 AMERICAN -e BRITISH -ae or -oe
Encyclopedia Encyclopaedia
Maneuver Manoeuvre
Medieval Mediaeval

AMERICAN -dg -g -gu BRITISH -dge -ge -gue

Aging Ageing
Argument Arguement
Judgment Judgement

AMERICAN -ense BRITISH -ence

License Licence
Defense Defence
 Other word-specific differences --

AMERICAN BRITISH
Jewelry Jewellry
Draft Draught
Pajamas Pyjamas
Plow Plough
Program Programme
Tire Tyre
Base words that end in L normally double the L in
British English when a suffix is added.
BASE WORD AMERICAN BRITISH
Counsel Counseling Counselling
Equal Equaled Equalled
The letter can
Model Modeling Modelling double in American
Quarrel Quarreling Quarrelling as well but ONLY IF
the stress is on the
Signal Signaled Signalled
second syllable
Travel Traveling Travelling of the base word.

BASE AMERICAN BRITISH

WORD
Excel Excelling Excelling
Propel Propelling Propelling
WORD AMERICAN BRITISH
PRONUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION

Teacher
Father
Letter
Water
Aunt
Tomato
There are also other words borrowed from
French that feature stress differences.
American first-syllable; British last-syllable:
Mustache Mustache
Cigarette Cigarette
The next 2 videos show a teacher saying the same text
first with the American accent and then with the British
accent
American accent
British accent

NOUNS
In British English, collective nouns
can take either singular or plural
verb forms, depending on
whether the emphasis is on the
body or the members within it.
i.e.A committee was appointed.
The committee were unable
to agree.
VERBS
morphology
American -- "-ed"
British -- "-t"
i.e. learned/learnt, dreamed/dreamt
British English rarely use gotten; instead, got
is much more common.
Past participles often vary:
i.e. saw American: sawed; British: sawn
tenses
British English employs the present perfect to
talk about a recent event {i.e. Ive already
eaten, Ive just arrived home.}
auxiliaries
British English often uses shall and shant
American English uses will and wont
 AMERICAN BRITISH
American Apartment Flat
& British Argument Row
English Carriage/coach Pram
Bathroom Loo
sometimes Can Tin
have Cookie Biscuit

different Diaper Nappy

Elevator Lift
words for Eraser Rubber
the same Flashlight Torch
Fries Chips
things -- Gas Petrol
Guy Bloke/chap
AMERICAN BRITISH AMERICAN BRITISH
Highway Motorway Truck Lorry
Hood {of a car} Bonnet Trunk Boot
Jelly Jam Vacation Holiday
Kerosene Paraffin Windshield Windscreen
Lawyer Solicitor License Plate Number Plate
Line Queue Pacifier Dummy
Mail Post Parking lot Car park
Napkin Serviette Pharmacist Chemist
Nothing Nought Sidewalk Pavement
Period Full stop Soccer Football
Potato chips crisps Trash can Bin
 American and British English speakers
often use the same words but intend
very different meaning with them:
WORD AMERICAN BRITISH
Biscuit Dinner roll Cookie
Brew Beer Tea
Bureau Chest of drawers Writing table/desk
Casket Coffin Jewelry Box
First Floor Ground Floor Second Floor
To hire To employ To rent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meani
ngs_in_British_and_American_English {for more examples!}
 Intemann, Dr. F. Teaching English Grammar and Lexis.
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~intemann/BA/grammar-lexis/bara-
ristau-schubert.pdf
Jones, Susan. List of American vs. British Spelling.
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/spelling.htm
Wallechinsky, David & Irving Wallace. Trivia on History of Merriam-
Websters Dictionary Part 1.
http://www.trivia-library.com/b/history-of-merriam-webster-dictionary-
part-1.htm
Wikipedia. British English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English
Wikipedia. American and British English Differences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences