Today, English is spoken in many countries.____1____, English spoken in the UK is a little different from that in the USA in spelling, meaning, pronunciation, grammar, usage and so on. Sometimes, ___2___ English spoken in the UK is very different in every region (ÇøÓò)___3___the country. Differences in spelling don¡¯t ___4___ speakers of British English from understanding the meanings of the words. ___5___, they don¡¯t prevent speakers of American English from understanding the meanings either. ___6___ in spelling are not a big problem for even speakers of English as ___7___ language.

However, when different words in British English and American English are used to ___8___ the same thing ___9___ the same word has different meanings in British English and American English, sometimes people will be very confused if they don¡¯t know common differences between British English and American English in meanings and usages.

Sometimes even Americans and British people do not ___10___ each other because of different word meanings. ___11___, the British word ¡°brolly¡± is an ¡°umbrella¡± in America. ___12___ the British ___13___ potato chips ¡°crisps¡±. All of these differences led British writer George Bernard Shaw to ___14___ that Britain and America are two countries separated by the same language! That¡¯s the reason why confusion or misunderstanding will be caused in some situations. Of course, such confusion will ___15___ happen to speakers of English as a second language.

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