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1620

Arrival of the Pilgrims

100

BrE organise

AmE organize

100

AmE: I have a car.

BrE: I’ve got a car.

100

BrE: torch

AmE: flashlight

100

BrE: go on holiday

AmE: take a vacation

200

20th Century

Media & Technology

200

AmE canceled

BrE cancelled

200

BrE: Have you got time?

AmE: Do you have time?

200

BrE: nappy

AmE: diaper

200

BrE: Falling star

AmE: Shooting star

300

1776

Declaration of Independence

300

AmE catalog

BrE catalogue

300

BrE: at the weekend

Ame: on the weekend

300

BrE: break

AmE: recess

300

AmE: Labor Day

BrE: May Day

400

Late 19th–Early 20th Century

Mass Immigration

400

AmE jewelry

BrE jewellery

400

BrE: I have learnt this by heart.

AmE: I have learned this by heart.

400

AmE: eggplant

BrE: aubergine

400

BrE: property

AmE: real estate

500

1828

Noah Webster’s Dictionary

500

AmE: encyclopedia

BrE: encyclopaedia

500

BrE: fill in a form

AmE: fill out a form

500

BrE: dummy

AmE: pacifier

500

AmE: The Big Dipper

BrE: The Plough

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