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What are the differences between British English and American English?
Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England
Sport  British English  American English Football Soccer Rounders Baseball Bat (table tennis) Paddle (ping pong) Back to the Top Other Words  British English  American English Torch Flashlight Plaster Band-Aid Autumn Fall Bank Holiday National Holiday Lift Elevator Queue There's a queue. Stand in a Line There's a line. Quid (slang for pound) Bucks Trodden on Stepped on I'm knackered I'm Beat Kip / sleep sleep Nick steal Starkers / naked Naked Come round Come over Off you go Go ahead It's gone off It's spoiled Lady bird Lady bug Can't find a word? See our blog post Translating the British English  British and American Vocabulary Clothes Parts of a Car At School In and around the House On the Road People Buildings / Shops Sport Let's Eat! A- Z British to American British and American Spellings s
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