American vs British English

🗽 American English vs. British English 💂 Back to School edition! 🎒 Discover 10 school-related word differences between the UK and USA. 👩‍🏫 Know any more word differences? Share them with us in the comments! 👇 #EnglishvsBritish #LanguageDifferences #BritishAccents

[farhank]

We indians call small exams - test
And big exams as - exams

[frrzerox]

College and University are different things.
So are Exams and tests

[arichatterjee]

College and University are two totally different entities. 😂

[nabbilasueb]

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[arjun_india]

Indian speaks both English (American as well as British), Proud to be an Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳❤

[Nothing-ywih]

USA: Principal
UK: Headteacher
Me: Headmaster

[Krishna-hcn]

We Indians use all these words/ mix up of some american and some british words with a desi Indian taste .

[AbdulWahab-ivky]

We indian are mixture of both american and british english.

[SuNsHiNe_kiA]

Them:Recess, Break Time

Me:Lunch
Eh

[DhruvRathod-utxj]

50 % American
50 % British
100% Indian

[darshanophile]

AMERICAN: MATH
BRITISH: MATHS

LE ME: MATHEMATICS ✨

[IreneRChoi]

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[entityk]

We call a semester a term here in the US. We also call colleges universities.

[TiTan-ir]

As a Bangladeshi, I can confirm we use both😂

[Legolas]

Indians says everything British except Canteen

[Metalviking]

Here in the south of the US we called the cafeteria, the commons or lunch room or canteen also lol

[edwardroberts-vwvn]

What i say:
Test(if important exam)
Primary school
Secondary school
Headteacher
Dinner hall
Breaktime(sometimes playtime)
Rucksack
Maths
University(sometimes collage)

[SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

1. Pretty sure both are used in both countries.
2. Term is a more generic term as semester is a school year divided into 2 terms. Term can also be used for a school year too.
3. Yes
4. High school in USA is a type of secondary school, not a synonym.
5. I feel like principal is also used in uk. Agreed that no one in USA says headteacher, but it will be understood.
6. Yes. Canteen in USA refers to a type of restaurant.
7. Both are used in USA.
8. I feel like backpack is also used in uk. Never heard rucksack. I am familiar with knapsack, but hardly anyone says this.
9. Yep, though when spoken fast, you can hardly hear the difference.
10. This is wrong, as in USA, college is slightly different from a university. University is also used in USA.

[Shahram]

University is also used in American. The difference is that college is smaller and has only one or couple of faculties for different branches of science whereas University is bigger and has many faculties.

[bobbymidha]

There are so many differences. This is just the tip of the iceberg