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1、List of works with different titles in the UK and USFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis page lists works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States. US titles will usually also be used in Canada; UK titles will also be used in the Republic of Ireland and often in Commonwealt
2、h countries excluding Canada. Not listed are minor changes due to American and British English spelling differences (for example, Rumor Has It. was titled Rumour Has It. in the UK). An asterisk* indicates which country the work originated in.American and British English differencesAmerican English (
3、AmE) British English (BrE)VocabularyList of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom List of British words not widely used in the United States List of words having different meanings in British and American English PronunciationAmerican and British English pronunciation differences Orth
4、ographyAmerican and British English spelling differences ComputingBritish and American keyboards FictionList of works with different titles in the UK and US edit boxThis is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.Revisions and sourced additions are w
5、elcome.Type of work United States United Kingdom Notes Album Security Peter Gabriel*This was the fourth album released by Peter Gabriel with the name Peter Gabriel.Autobiography All Will Be Well Memoir*BookThe Elementary ParticlesAtomisedOriginally a French novel by Michel Houellebecq entitled Les P
6、articules lmentaires, which translates to the US titleBook Holy Blood, Holy GrailThe Holy Blood and the Holy Grail*Book Wheres Waldo Wheres Wally*CartoonTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Hero TurtlesViolent ninja considered inappropriate for children.Collection of short storiesThe Umbrella
7、Man and Other StoriesThe Great Automatic Grammatizator*By Roald DahlCollection of short storiesYoung Archimedes Little Mexican* By Aldous HuxleyComic strip U.S. Acres* Orsons FarmFilmTristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull StoryA Cock and Bull Story*Film Renegade Blueberry Original French title Blueberry:
8、Lexprience secrteFilm American Wedding* American Pie: The WeddingThird movie in the American Pie series. Also American Pie 3 in some markets.Film The Triplets of Belleville Belleville Rendez-vous Original French title Les Triplettes de BellevilleFilm Dennis the Menace*Dennis Avoid confusion with unr
9、elated British character Dennis the MenaceFilmHarold & Kumar Go to White Castle*Harold and Kumar get the MunchiesWhite Castle restaurants unknown in the UKFilm Hoosiers* Best Shot Term Hoosier unknown outside U.S.FilmHighlander: The Final DimensionHighlander 3: The Sorcerer*Also Highlander 3: The Fi
10、nal Conflict in some markets.Film Howard the Duck* Howard: A New Breed of Hero Based on the comic Howard the DuckFilm Live Free or Die Hard*Die Hard 4.0 Live Free or Die, the state motto of New Hampshire, is little known in the UK.Film Madonna: Truth or Dare* In Bed With MadonnaFilm Out of the Past*
11、 Build My Gallows HighFilm Sabrina * (1954) Sabrina Fair Sabrina Fair was the title of the original play.Film Stairway to Heaven A Matter of Life and Death*Film The Concorde . Airport 79* Airport 80: The Concorde Title matches year of initial release in each countryFilmThe Conqueror WormWitchfinder
12、General*Lead Vincent Price had starred in several Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. This film has almost no connection to Poes The Conqueror Worm.FilmThe Great Train Robbery*The First Great Train RobberyBased on The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton, unconnected to the 1963 heist known by that name
13、 in the UK.Film Victory Escape to VictoryFilm Waking Ned Devine Waking NedFilm xXx: State of the Union* xXx 2: The Next Level Non-Americans would be less familiar with the State of the Union AddressFilm Young Man with a Horn* Young Man of Music Avoid association horn = erectionFilm Zentropa Europa N
14、ame changed to avoid confusion with Europa EuropaFolk tale Chicken Little Chicken Licken Usual names for The Sky Is Falling (fable)Games console Sega Genesis Sega Mega DriveJapanses company Sega could not get permission to use Mega Drive in the US due to a trademark disputeMock historyTherell Always
15、 be a DraynefleteDrayneflete RevealedU.S. title echoes Therell Always Be an EnglandNovelA House Called Awful EndAwful End Original German title Schlimmes EndeNovel Babe The Gallant PigThe Sheep-Pig* The corresponding film was titled Babe.Novel and film Harry Potter and the Sorcerers StoneHarry Potte
16、r and the Philosophers Stone*US editor felt that the original title conveyed an incorrect idea of the subject matterNovel A Silver Lining If You Could See Me NowBy an Irish author. If You Could See Me Now is the original title.Novel His Majestys Dragon* TemeraireNovel And Then There Were NoneTen Little Niggers Title considered offensive in U.S., also called Ten Little IndiansNovel Little Women, Part II*Good WivesNovel Outlander* C
