Americanisms

Americanisms are the lexical , phonetic and grammatical features of English in the United States , which are relatively few deviations from British literary norms. These include words that originated in the United States of America and did not receive distribution in England : the names of plants and animals of the North American continent , various phenomena associated with the state and political system of the United States, with the life of Americans . Also, Americanisms can be called words in Russian , borrowed from the American dialect in connection with the wide distribution of American films , songs and Western movements.

Words common in American but not British English can be archaic (fall - autumn, instead of autumn). Often these are words formed by combining two words into one (deadbeat, brainstorm, fixer-upper). In addition, there are words with different meanings in American English and British English:

block :

amer. quarter

Brit building

pavement :

amer. pavement

Brit sidewalk

There are a lot of options when the Russian expression can be translated into English in different ways, taking into account the differences between the American and British dialects:

pharmacy:

amer. drugstore

Brit chemist's shop

petrol:

amer. gasoline, gas

Brit petrol

Simplification of phrases:

“Want to” to “wanna”, meaning “What do you want (or will be)”:

I wanna drink. = I want to drink.

"Going to" to "gonna" in the meaning of "What are you going to do":

I am gonna do that right now. = I am going to do that right now.

"Got to" to "gotta" in the meaning of "What you must (must) do":

I gotta go now. = I have to go now.

Gotta ciggie? = Have you got a cigarette?

In addition, the spelling of some letter combinations in words is simplified to the likeness of a sound analogue:

What RU doing? = What are you doing?

Y ru checkin dis? = Why are you checking this?