An American in Paris is scored for 3 flutes ( 3rd doubling on piccolo ), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, triangle, wood block, cymbals, low and high tom-toms, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, 4 taxi horns resembling the pitches A, B, C and D, alto saxophone / soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone / soprano saxophone / alto saxophone, baritone saxophone / soprano saxophone / alto saxophone, and strings.

* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

* Austin Rivers ( born 1992 ) American NBA shooting guard / point guard for the New Orleans Hornets

* 1947 – André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director / Producer

* 1925 – Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer ( Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band ) ( d. 2005 )

* American Sign Language is a Foreign Language – a research / argumentative paper for the consideration of ASL to fulfill University foreign language requirements.

The French chaise longue (" long chair ") became the American " chaise lounge " by metathesis ( transposition of letters and / or sounds ).

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* Michael Hurley, American Singer / Songwriter

* American School of Paris, an American / International K-12 school located in the suburbs of Paris

* Lit as the past tense of light is more common than lighted in the UK ; American English uses lit to mean " set afire " / " kindled " / " made to emit light " but lighted to mean " cast light upon " ( e. g., " The stagehand lighted the set and then lit a cigarette .").

The use of full stops / periods after most abbreviations can also be found in the UK, although publications generally tend to eschew the use of American punctuation.

In the internal discourse within American Ásatrú, this cultural / racial divide has long been known as " universalist " vs. " folkish " Asatru.

As Aston Martin required greater investment, he also agreed to sell his share holding to American importer and Greek shipping tycoon Peter Livanos, who invested via his joint venture company with Nick and John Papanicalou, ALL Inc. Gauntlett remained chairman of the AML company 55 % owned by ALL, with Tickford a 50 / 50 venture between ALL and CHI.

An Andrei Sakharov prize is also to be awarded by the American Physical Society every second year from 2006, " to recognize outstanding leadership and / or achievements of scientists in upholding human rights ".

Latin / Rhythm dances are commonly danced to contemporary Latin American music, and, with the exception of a few traveling dances ( e. g., Samba and Paso Doble ), couples do not follow the line of dance but perform their routines more or less in one spot.

Where British and American vocabulary differs, Australians sometimes favour an Australian usage, as with footpath ( for US sidewalk, UK pavement ) or capsicum ( for US bell pepper, UK sweet pepper ).

Australian English likewise blends American and British alongside native usages, but retains a significantly higher degree of distinctiveness from both of the larger varieties than does Canadian English, particularly in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary.

Henry Sweet incorrectly predicted in 1877 that within a century American English, Australian English and British English would be mutually unintelligible.

Later, however, the British would have spectacular success defeating the Italians and Germans at the Battle of El Alamein in North Africa, and in the D-Day invasion of Normandy with the help of American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand forces.

Brabham used engines from Australian engineering firm Repco, which had never produced a Formula One engine before, based on aluminium V8 engine blocks from the defunct American Oldsmobile F85 road car project, and other off the shelf parts.

This pronunciation is also common in Australian English, but not in General American English or British English.

The Parliament of Australia was derived from the British and American systems to form a uniquely Australian system.

For example, Standard American English, Standard Canadian English, Standard Indian English, Standard Australian English, and Standard Philippine English may all be said to be standard dialects of the English language.

The main types of football that are played are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, Rugby league, and Rugby union.

Some of the first examples were created ca 1981 by graffiti artist Blek le Rat in Paris ; by 1985 stencils had appeared in other cities including New York City, Sydney and Melbourne, where they were documented by American photographer Charles Gatewood and Australian photographer Rennie Ellis.

Teachers and learners of English as a second language also find it an attractive idea — both often concerned that their English should be neutral, without American or British or Canadian or Australian coloring.

Learners who wish to use purportedly correct English are in fact faced with the dual standard of American English and British English, and other less known standard Englishes ( including Australian, Scottish and Canadian ).

* 1943 – World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua.

The North American, European and Australian versions of this digital release have the cheat codes of the original NES game removed.

This huge success of the Krugerrand encouraged other gold-producing countries to mint and issue gold bullion coins of their own, including the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf in 1979, the Australian Nugget in 1981, the Chinese Gold Panda in 1982, the American Gold Eagle in 1986, and the British Britannia coin in 1987.

In May 2009, there were thirteen European, two African, thirty-five North American, one Singaporean and two Australian institutions that kept Komodo dragons.

National associations of the English-speaking world include the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, the Canadian Library Association and the Research Libraries UK ( a consortium of 30 university and other research libraries in the United Kingdom ).

With the age of colonialism and Christian evangelism, the Latin script was spread overseas, and applied to indigenous American, Australian, Austronesian, Austroasiatic, and African languages.

Among the students who attended his workshops were Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack ( German / Australian ( 1893 – 1965 ), Hans Friedrich Grohs ( German 1892-1981 ) and Margarete Koehler-Bittkow ( German / American, 1898 – 1964 ).

Malmö also has teams that play first division handball HK Malmö, baseball, American football and Australian football.

Before the American company could begin their operations, however, the island was occupied by an Australian company under British license.

The " tt " of " utter " and the " dd " of " udder " are pronounced as a flap in North American and Australian English.

Dr. Kingsley Ridgway offered himself as a Melbourne based " field representative " for a possible Australian branch of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, after meeting an American serviceman who was a member of that denomination.

Taxonomically, there are two primary divisions of Marsupialia: American marsupials and the Australian marsupials.

The term opossums is properly used to refer to the American species ( though possum is a common diminutive ), while similar Australian species are properly called possums.