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1、DifferencesBetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishAbstract:Today,theworldisgettingsmallerandsmaller,thelanguageofthisearthvillageisEnglish,whichisveryimportantforpeople’sdailylife.Nomateryouareacitizenoryouareagovernmentofficer,youstillneedtouseEnglishtocommunicatewithothercountry’speople.USistheov
2、erlordofthisworld,goingwithitsstronger,AmericanEnglishisgettingmorepopular,therearetwobiggestandimportantlanguagesbecreatedwhichareAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.AndAmericanEnglishisalreadyacceptedbyBritishpeople.Therefore,theyalsobegintolearnandusethissimplificationlanguage.Although,AmericanEngl
3、ishisalmostthesameasBritishEnglish,theystillhavesomedifferences.Thissituationjustlikeourcountry,wehavemanydifferentlocalisms,whicharereallydifficulttocommunicatewitheachother.ThesamethingoccursbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.ThisarticlewillintroducethedifferencebetweenBritishEnglishandAmeri
4、canEnglish.KeyWords:BritishEnglish;AmericanEnglish;History;Pronounce;Words;Sentence1.ThehistoryofBritishandAmericanEnglish?1.1ThehistoryofBritishEnglishTheEnglishpeopleareofamixedblood.TheearlyinhabitantsintheislandnowwecallEnglishwereBritains,atribeofCelt.FromtheBritainstheislandgotitnameofBritish
5、,thelandofBritains.TheBritainswereaprimitivepeopleIn55B.C.,BritainswasinvadedbyJuliusCaesar,theRomanconqueror,whohadthenjustoccpiedGaul.ButassonastheRomanslandedonshoreoftheisland,theBritainsfoughtlikelionundertheleadshipoftheirchieftain.BritainswasnotcompletelysubjugatedtotheRomanEmpireuntil78A.D.
6、WiththeRomanConquesttheRomanmodeoflife7cameacrosstoBritainsalso.TheRomanoccupationlastforabout400years.In410A.D.,alltheRomantroopswentbacktothecontinentandnerverreturned.ThusendedtheRomanoccupationinBritain.AtthesametimeBritainwastimeinvadedbyswarmsofpirates.TheywerecalledthreetribesfromNorthernEur
7、opoe:theAngles,SaxonandJutes.ThesethreetribeslandedontheBritishcast,drovetheBritonswestandsettleddownthemselves.Bythe7thcenturythesesmallkingdomswerecombinedintoaunitedkingdomcalledEnglish,or,thelandofAngle