Why can't Americans Spell........(like Brits)?

Guys, why can't Americans spell the same as Brits? It's total madness. We speak the same

朋友们，为什么美国人拼写不能和英国人一样呢？这太奇怪了，我们说同样

language but we spell completely differently. So we are going to look at six differences

的话但是拼写却完全不同。因此我们将要关注6个

between British English spelling and American English spelling. Let's get into this madness.

英国拼写和美国拼写的差异。让我们

Hello and welcome to Eat Sleep Dream English, if you haven't met me before my name is Tom

你们好，欢迎来到Eat Sleep Dream English，如果之前没见过我，我叫Tom

and I teach fresh modern British English so that you can take your English to the next

我教授现代的英式英语，那么你的英语可以进阶到下一个

level and achieve your life goals. Now before we get started I was only joking about Americans

等级然后实现你的人生目标。在我们开始之前，我前面（标题）开玩笑说美国人

not being able to spell, it was a joke. But it does raise the issue of the differences

无法拼写单词，那只是个玩笑。但是它的确引出了这个问题，关于

in spelling between British and American English. So for those of you that write a lot in English,

在拼写方面英国与美国的差异。那么对于那些用英文写作十分频繁的人来说，

this is really important to know. If you are writing a business email or you are a journalist

知道这个差异非常重要。如果你正在写一份商务邮件或者你是一名记者

or you are writing an essay for your university getting the spelling correct is really important

又或者你正在在大学里写一篇短文。保证拼写正确非常重要

and that will depend on whether you speak British English or American English. Take

这就取决于你说英式英语或者美式英语。

the word apologise, in American English it ends with -ze but in British English it's

拿单词 apologise 来说，在美式英语中以-ze结尾，但是在英式英语中结尾是

-se. So apologize is -ze and apologise -se. Another example is criticise. -ze in American

-se。那么apologize是-ze，apologise是-se。另一个例子是criticise，在美式英语中

English, -se in British English. Difference number two is -or and -our. So take the word

是-ze结尾，在英式英语中是-se。第二个差异是-or和-our。看

colour, in British English we write -our in American English it's just -or. Another example

单词colour，在英式英语中我们写作-our，在美式英语中就只有-or。另外一个例子是

favourite. In British English favourite and in American English favorite. So the -our

favourite。在英式英语中是favourite，在美式英语中是favorite。一个是-our

and the -or. Another example neighbour. So in British English neighbour, in American

一个是-or。另一个例子是neighbour，在英式英语中是neighbour，在美式

English neighbor. Difference number three is the endings of -re and -er so take the

英语中是neighbor。第三个差别是结尾的-re和-er。拿

word theatre. In British English we end it with -re in American English it's -er. Another

theatre举例，在英式英语中以-re结尾，在美式英语中是-er结尾。另

example centre. So -re in British English -er in American English. This next one is

一个例子是centre。-re用在英式英语，-er用在美式英语。下面

a classic difference. Now take the word practise. In American English it's with -se at the end.

是一个典型的区别。拿单词practise来说，在美式英语中它以-se结尾

Now in British English we have -ce but we also have -se. So in British English the noun

在英式英语中，我们以-ce结尾但同时我们也使用-se。因此在英式英语中名词

will be -ce practice with a -ce so Doctor's Practice is -ce but the verb is -se. So I'm

practice就是-ce，Doctor's Practice也是-ce，但是动词形式就是-se。我将要

going to practise the guitar is with an -se. So for the noun it's -ce with the verb it's

去练习吉他（I'm going to pracitse the guitar）就是以-se结尾。名词是-ce结尾，动词是

-se. Whereas in American English it's the same for both. Makes it a lot easier, right?

-se。然而在美式英语中动词和名词都是一样的写法。变得简单很多，对吗？

Same with the word license. So license is -se in American English, the noun in British

license也一样，在美式英语都是-se，英式英语中名词是-ce，

English is -ce and the verb to license something is -se so there's a bit of a difference there.

动词允许某事是-se，这里有一点区别。

The next difference is with the Ls. The Ls can be slightly different depending on whether

下一个区别是L。结尾的L有轻微的差异，取决于

it's British or American English. For example skilful. In American English it's skillful

它是英式还是美式英语。以skilful举例，在美式英语中是skillful

whereas in British English it's just one l so skilful. To continue that idea on take

然而在英式英语中就只有一个l，写作skilful。继续看单词travel，

the word travel. Now travel is spelled the same in British and American English but when

在拼写上英式与美式英语一致。但是当

you add a vowel on to to it so for example if you want to put it into the past tense

你在单词上加上一个元音，比如这个单词的过去时态

travelled then in British English you add an L so travelled with two Ls but in American

在英式英语中是travelled，加了一个L，travelled就有2个L，但是美式

English you stay with one L. Same with travelling, two Ls in British English, one L in American

英语保持一个L不变。travelling也一样，英式英语有2个L，美式英语只有一个。

English. Ok, let's look at some other words that are commonly spelled differently. So

让我们看看其他一些通常有着不同拼写的单词。

donut in American English, doughnut in British English. Same pronunciation but different

美式英语拼做donut，英式英语拼做doughnut。发音相同但拼写不同。

spelling. Aeroplane or airplane. Airplane in American English and aeroplane in British

Aeroplane 或者 airplane，在美式英语中是Airplane，在英式英语中是aeroplane

English. Pronunciation aeroplane, airplane, it's more or less the same when it comes down

在发音方面aeroplane，airplane几乎是一样的，当真的需要的时候，

to it I'd say aeroplane airplane. I don't know what I say, it's so interchangeable these

我会说aeroplane airplane。我分不清我说的哪个。现如今，他们之间可以互相替代。

days. I wouldn't be too worried what you are saying. And in fact do you know what I probably

我会理解你在说什么。并且事实上，你们知道我可能

write airplane instead of aeroplane. So I use the American English spelling just because

我用airplane而不是aeroplane吗？我使用美式英语写法仅因为

it is simpler in my head. I don't think it matters too much. The word Mum is also spelled

我认为它简单一点。我并不认为这会有多大问题。单词Mum的拼法也不同。

differently. So in British English we spell it Mum. In American English Mom. Maybe that

在英式英语中我们拼做Mum。在美式英语中是Mom。或许

comes with the pronunciation, it's slightly different but Mum is spelled differently.

是发音导致的，发音有一点点差别，但是Mum的拼写不同。

Jewellery is another one. So in British English you've got two Ls and in American English

Jewellery是另一个例子。在英式英语中有2个L，在美式英语中

there's one L. Pyjamas, in Britain we throw a Y in there so pyjamas whereas in American

只有一个L。Pyjamas，在英式英语中是Y，然而在美式

English it's just pa. And finally the colour grey. In British English it's grey and in

英语中就是pa。最后，颜色grey，在英式英语中是grey，

American English gray. Guys, what did you think? Did you enjoy that vlog? Did you find

在美式英语中是gray。朋友们，你们想到了什么（拼写差异）？你们享受这期视频吗？

it useful? Did you know the differences between British English and American English spelling?

你们觉得有用吗？你们知道英式英语与美式英语拼写的差异吗？

Let me know in the comments below. If you can think of any other examples of differences

在下方评论让我知道。如果你能想到任何其他拼写差异的例子，

in spelling then let me know in the comments below. If you don't know already guys I'm

那么在下方评论让我知道。如果你不知道，

on Instagram and I've got daily English content that I put on there so that you can keep updated

我有instagram账号，并且我在那里发布日常的英文内容，因此你能让你的英文与时俱进。

with your English. I've also got a Facebook page so go and check them both out. If you've

同时我也有一个Facebook页面，这2个你们都可以浏览。如果你之前

been here before you'll know that I put new videos out every Tuesday and every Friday

已经了解过我，你就会知道我每个星期二和星期五会发布新视频

to help you take your English to the next level. Thanks so much for hanging out with

来帮助提升你的英文到下一个等级。非常感谢你们花时间看我视频。

me guys. I've really enjoyed it, alright guys thank you so much for hanging out with me

我享受其中。好了，非常感谢你们。

this is Tom, the Chief Dreamer, saying goodbye.

我是Tom，the Chief Dreamer，再见。