British English: Received Pronunciation
www.cambridge.org › core › servicesof English pronunciation, named it PUBLIC SCHOOL PRONUNCIATION (Jones 1917), but later changed the name to Received Pronunciation. Other names have been proposed, such as GENERAL BRITISH (GB) and EDUCATED SOUTHERN BRITISH ENGLISH. The present author’s own preference is for the name BBC PRONUNCIATION or BBC ACCENT (Jones, ed. by Roach
British and American Pronunciation
www.personal.rdg.ac.uk › ~llsroach › phon2British and American English also differ in terms of spelling. Thus, British English has colour and centre, where American English has color and center. Catalogue is spelt catalog, without -ue in the end in the United States, and so on. But it is in terms of pronunciation that British and American English differ most.