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European English
English, the second language for most Europeans, is slightly different from American. Many people use the term "British English," but the language does not belong to the British anymore. ("American" here means "of the United States" — with apologies to the whole of the rest of the Americas for this use of the simpler term.) |
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European vocabularySome words are just as different between European and American English as between two separate languages.... Important differencesMost of the differences between American and European English are merely incidental. There are a few that are important.... |
European spellingThere are a few spelling variations between European and American English — some of it rule-bound, some of it incidental.... Irish EnglishA variation... |
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