Among his many philanthropic efforts, the establishment of public libraries throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries was especially prominent.

The form used in the Roman Rite included anointing of seven parts of the body while saying ( in Latin ): " Through this holy unction and His own most tender mercy may the Lord pardon thee whatever sins or faults thou hast committed deliquisti by sight hearing, smell, taste, touch, walking, carnal delectation ", the last phrase corresponding to the part of the body that was touched ; however, in the words of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, " the unction of the loins is generally, if not universally, omitted in English-speaking countries, and it is of course everywhere forbidden in case of women ".

In the United States, Z is pronounced zee ; in most other English-speaking countries it is pronounced zed.

It is mainly an oriental art form, and most 3D beading resources are written in oriental languages, such as Japanese and Chinese, further impeding wide access to English-speaking countries.

Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on the 14th of July each year.

It is still used in metric English-speaking countries ( such as Canada ), and remains the standard unit of classification for air conditioning units manufactured and sold in many non-English-speaking metric countries.

BC proved more popular there and also spread to other English-speaking countries.

The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, federal law in the United States and the law of individual U. S. states ( except Louisiana ), federal law throughout Canada and the law of the individual provinces and territories ( except Quebec ), Australia ( both federal and individual states ), Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Granadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries ( except Scotland, which is bijuridicial, and Malta ).

Cassino is the only fishing game to be widely played in English-speaking countries.

The fact that the terminology is not standardised across countries ( even across English-speaking countries ) further complicates matters.

In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit ; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings.

Outside England, rhyming slang is used in many English-speaking countries.

In English-speaking, some Latin American and many Asian countries, a period (.

Modern computer technology was developed mostly in the English-speaking countries, so data formats, keyboard layouts, etc.

Helsingør (; often known in English-speaking countries by Shakespeare's spelling Elsinore ) is a city and the municipal seat of Helsingør Municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark.

As a result, most English-speaking countries developed mandatory publicly paid education explicitly to keep public education in " responsible " hands.

The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries.

The exact conversion of the furlong to SI units varies slightly among English-speaking countries.

The Fahrenheit scale was the primary temperature standard for climatic, industrial and medical purposes in English-speaking countries until the 1960s.

Father Christmas is the name used in many English-speaking countries outside the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for a figure associated with Christmas.

The sweet German wines sold in English-speaking countries seem mostly to cater to the foreign market, as they are rare in Germany.

The gallon, be it the imperial or US gallon, is sometimes found in other English-speaking countries.

In the English-speaking world, examples include the word ‘ bazinga ’ from the CBS show The Big Bang Theory and, in Japanese, the term moe has come into common use among slang users to mean something extremely cute and appealing.

While Krakatoa is more common in the English-speaking world, the Indonesian Krakatau tends to be favored by others, including geologists.

In many English-speaking countries, the most common shape of a handwritten Arabic digit 1 is just a vertical stroke ; that is, it lacks the upstroke added in many other cultures.

The above systems are the most common in the English-speaking world.

As in other English-speaking Caribbean countries, the judiciary in St. Vincent is rooted in English common law.

Open circuit demand scuba is a 1943 invention by the Frenchmen Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, but in the English language Lambertsen's acronym has become common usage and the name Aqua-Lung, ( often spelled " aqualung "), coined by Cousteau for use in English-speaking countries, has fallen into secondary use.

Such dishes are traditionally common in many parts of the world, and have become increasingly popular in the English-speaking world since about 2000, particularly under the influence of Spanish tapas.

In the private sector, the situation was even worse as Canada retained the unreformed common law of libel without the exceptions for public issues or public interest that were added in all other English-speaking countries.

Wade – Giles was a common system of transcription in the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century, used in several standard reference books and in all books about China published in western countries before 1979.

The Somersett's case became a significant part of the common law of slavery in the English-speaking world, and it helped launch the movement to abolish slavery.

In English-speaking countries, AN replaced the parallel method of descriptive chess notation, which became common in the 19th century and continued with sporadic use as recently as the 1980s or 1990s.

Brookfield is a common place name in English-speaking countries.

Burbank is both a common placename in English-speaking countries and a common surname ( last name ).

Fairfield is a common place name in several English-speaking countries.

Historically, a woman in England would assume her new husband's family name ( or surname ) after marriage, and this remains common practice in the United Kingdom today as well as in common law countries and countries where English is spoken, including Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Ireland, India, Philippines, the English-speaking provinces of Canada, and the United States.

The Australian film industry continues to produce a reasonable number of films each year, but in common with other English-speaking countries, Australia has often found it difficult to compete with the American film industry, the latter helped by having a much larger home market.

In contemporary Israel, " Moshe Cohen " is the equivalent of " John Smith " in English-speaking countries-i. e., proverbially the most common of names.

It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century.

In the English-speaking Caribbean islands it is common to add cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and almond essence to the oats, water and milk.

* Oat porridge ( oatmeal ), traditional and common in English-speaking countries, Nordic countries, and Germany.

In the English-speaking common law jurisdictions of Canada, the profession of barrister and solicitor have been fused ; all those called to the bar are lawyers, and admitted as solicitors.