{"id":925,"date":"2018-04-18T08:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T08:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.routeperfect.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2024-05-07T05:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T05:27:32","slug":"american-tourist-british-and-american-english-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.routeperfect.com\/blog\/american-tourist-british-and-american-english-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"British and American English Differences – How To Survive Language Barriers While Touring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you were thinking that traveling to the UK<\/a> from the US would be easy because of the common language, you may be in for a big surprise! George Bernard Shaw famously summed up these linguistic issues by saying that America and England are \u201ctwo countries separated by a common language.\u201d He was spot-on!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many differences between British and American English, there were times when I wondered to myself, is British a language?? It took a number of confusing situations, which usually turned into embarrassment, for me to be able to properly communicate with my English speaking British counterparts. In order to save you from going through painful embarrassment, I\u2019ve decided to bare all and share some of the horrifying language mix- ups from my first big trip to the UK, as well as stories I\u2019ve collected from friends and family. (If you guys are reading this, I hope you can laugh at these now!) Take my tips and start planning your trip<\/a> using our UK Trip Planner!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n