AMERICAN ENGLISH

* Note the following spelling differences between British and American English:

_ Words which usually end in -ise in British English end with -ize in American English
(recognize, realize, itemize [detallar, especificar] , etc.)

_ Words which end with -re in British English usually end with - er in American English
(theater, center, liter, etc.)

_ Words which end with -our in British English normally end with -or in American English
(humor, labor, color, etc.)

_ Words which end with - ogue in British English normally end with just - og in American
English (dialog, catalog, etc.)

_ Words which end in -ence in British English end with - ense in American English
(pretense, defense, offense , etc.)

_ Words which end with -amme in British English usually just end with - am in American
English (kilogram, program, telegram, etc.)

_ Words with a double L in the middle in British English (such as traveller or travelling)
usually use a single L in American English (traveler, traveling, etc.), but some words that
use a single L followed by a consonant in British English use a double L in American
English (skillful, installment).

There are other spelling differences which do not follow any particular rules, and these
words have to be learned individually (for example, judgement in British English can be
spelled the same way in American English, but many North Americans also spell it
judgment).

** This is one of several words which are used in both British and American English, but
which have a different meaning (often depending on the context in which they are used).
In this case, faculty is usually used by North Americans to talk about the people who work
in a school, college, university, etc., while in British English it is used to talk about a
particular department in a university (e.g., the Humanities Faculty). Gas (see 16 across) in
American English is a short form of gasoline. The word gasoline is also used in British
English, but the word petrol is more common: British-English speakers normally use the
word gas to talk about a substance that is used to heat the house or cook food. To make
things more complicated, it also has the same meaning in North America.