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European words
Some words are just as different between European and American English as between two separate languages....
Important differences
Most of the differences between American and European English are merely incidental. There are a few that are important....
Irish English
A variation on European, or "British" English....
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European spelling
There are a few spelling variations between European
and American English — some of it rule-bound, some of it
incidental....
Doubling the "l"
When adding a suffix to a word that ends in the letter "l," European and American spelling varies according to a general rule....
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"How typically American that you have the gall to refer to English as 'European English,' and your own bastardised version as 'US English.' It is simply English. The official and correct English of the British Isle is commonly referred to as 'the Queens English.'"
— English Teacher, from my guestbook.
• In Ireland, the Queen is often referred to as "that old b*tch."
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