It was first inhabited by British speakers, then colonized from Ireland, and later became part of the Scandinavian Lordship of the Isles until 1266, when the King of Norway ceded both Man and the Hebrides to Scotland.
Pay attention to the tones and emphasis of British speakers.
British speakers plump for scrap paper -- or if the activity of quick note-taking is foregrounded, scribbling paper.
Not much, except the first term is used by speakers of British English, and the second term is used by speakers of American English.
For example, the word 'extraordinary' is variously pronounced with six, five, four, three or even two syllables by speakers of British English.
The emotional vocalization stimuli were generated by 3 female speakers of British English (aged 28, 29, and 43 years).
But even as far back as 1982, linguist John Wells noticed it being picked up by young speakers of "prestige" British English – otherwise known as received pronunciation.
Whereas the American speaker is the head of the largest party in Congress, the British speaker is supposed to be above politics.
While school and shoal have different meanings within biology, they are often treated as synonyms by non-specialists, with speakers of British English using "shoal" to describe any grouping of fish, while speakers of American English often using "school" just as loosely.
In British Columbia, French-speakers are outnumbered 15 times by speakers of other minority languages.
