British/American dictionary

alice-5

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What is the deference between American and British dictionaries?
 
British dictionaries record primarily BrE spellings and usage, though better ones also note AmE variants.
American dictionaries record primarily AmE spellings and usage, though better ones also note BrE variants.
 
Note my correction above. The word "deference" exists but it has a completely different meaning, which you'll discover when you Google it.
It's interesting that she made that specific spelling error. If it didn't say here she was Persian, I'd thought maybe she was Irish? Because, I know everyone's different, but the Irish can be a little defferent? At least, that's how I've heard Irish people pronounce it decades ago. Am I right or am I in a Mandela universe again?
 
You have two question marks too many.
 
It's interesting that she made that specific spelling error. If it didn't say here she was Persian, I'd thought maybe she was Irish? Because, I know everyone's different, but the Irish can be a little defferent? At least, that's how I've heard Irish people pronounce it decades ago. Am I right or am I in a Mandela universe again?

If this is a serious question and not an attempt at trolling or humor, then you're trying to judge a pronunciation issue by something written.

Note that with pronunciation differences, the word isn't actually spelled differently regardless of how it's pronounced.

You can look up the pronunciation of a word with different accents at https://forvo.com/.
 
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