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 ).

There exist pairs of long and short vowels with overlapping vowel quality giving Australian English phonemic length distinction, which is unusual amongst the various dialects of English, though not unknown elsewhere, such as in regional south-eastern dialects of the UK and eastern seaboard dialects in the US .< ref >

As with Japanese suburban railways or Germany's and Switzerland's S-Bahns, these Australian networks have far more frequent services and far higher ridership per capita than US ' commuter rail ' in the usual sense of the term.

The first single " Better Be Home Soon " peaked at number two on both Australian and New Zealand singles charts and reached top 50 In the US, though the following four singles were less successful.

Notable rockabilly revivalists and psychobilly performers from the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century include Scott Owen ( from the Australian band The Living End ), Jimbo Wallace ( from the US band Reverend Horton Heat ), Kim Nekroman ( Nekromantix ), Patricia Day ( HorrorPops ), Geoff Kresge ( Tiger Army, ex-AFI ).

Between 1939 and 1945, Holden's produced more than 30, 000 bodies for the Australian and US forces and manufactured a wide range of equipment, including field guns, aircraft, boats, including truck, aeroplane and marine engines and components.

Whilst Holt stated that his friendship with Johnson was reflected in the strong relationship between Australia and the US, former Australian diplomat and foreign affairs expert Alan Renouf was more cynical in his assessment of the situation.

Hewitt was only the third defending Grand Slam champion in the open era to lose in the first round, after Boris Becker at the 1997 Australian Open and Patrick Rafter at the 1999 US Open.

She won five Grand Slam singles titles ( three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open ).

Thanks to the persistence of the band's management, the album was eventually released in the US and the UK six months after its Australian release.

By January 1983, Men at Work had the top album and single in both the US and the UK-a feat never achieved previously by an Australian act.

Stylistically, UK and Australian soap operas, which are usually produced for early evening timeslots, fall somewhere in-between US daytime and evening soap operas.

Similar to US daytime soap operas, UK and Australian serials are shot on videotape, and the cast and storylines are rotated across the week's episodes so that each cast member will appear in some but not all episodes.

UK and Australian soap operas move through storylines at a faster rate than daytime serials, making them closer to US evening soap operas in this regard.

During the 1980s the Australian attempts to emulate big-budget US soap operas such as Dallas and Dynasty had resulted in Taurus Rising and Return to Eden, two slick soap opera dramas with big budgets and shot entirely on film.

* 1942 – Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.

The USAF, USMC, US Army, US Navy, and FAA as well as a number of international ATC training organizations such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Civil Aviation Authorities in Italy, Brazil, and Canada are currently using ATC simulators with speech recognition from a number of different vendors.

Tennis is enjoyed by millions of recreational players and is also a hugely popular worldwide spectator sport, especially the four Grand Slam tournaments ( also referred to as the " Majors "): the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open played also on hard courts.

Thus, Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open ( dating to 1905 ) became and have remained the most prestigious events in tennis.

: Examples of hardcourts are acrylic ( e. g. Plexicushion used at the Australian Open, DecoTurf used at the US Open ), asphalt, and concrete.

Grass is used at Wimbledon and until 1974 three of the four Grand Slams ( Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open ) were played on grass.

The US Open, Miami Masters, US Open Series, and World Team Tennis started using this challenge system in 2006 and the Australian Open and Wimbledon introduced the system in 2007.

* 1971 – Led Zeppelin releases " Led Zeppelin IV ," which becomes the third-best-selling album ever in the US.

There are two basic versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, known as the US and UK releases.

The US never releases the evidence demanded.

The US edition, once again by A & E Home Video, includes the first North American release of an alternative edit of " Arrival " ( in high definition ), as well as " The Alternate Version of ' The Chimes of Big Ben '" from the earlier DVD / VHS releases ( in standard definition due to the degraded source material ) and assorted documentaries and behind-the-scenes footage.

* May 21 – The US State Department releases a report naming 7 state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.

Unlike the Playhouse Video releases, It's the Muppets and The Very Best of The Muppet Show did not include any original footage or guest star clips, but all compilation collections did include material cut from the original US broadcasts.

Peter Gabriel's first four long-play releases were all such ( though the fourth was given a title for its US release ).

New releases of material were not stopped by major studios until the mid-1980s in the US.

At the same time, international distribution of Interscope and Geffen releases switched to ex-PolyGram label Polydor Records, which had already been distributing A & M releases overseas ( in return for A & M handling Polydor releases in the US ).

Later vinyl record releases in the US showed the title in grey printed ( rather than embossed ) letters.

Two additional releases also went Top 40 in the US: " More Than You Know "(# 18 ) and " I Feel the Earth Move "(# 25 ), which was a remake of Carole King ’ s # 1 from her album Tapestry.

The Decca Label Group is the US label whereas the London-based Decca Music Group runs the international classical and pop releases by such world famous performers as Andrea Bocelli and Hayley Westenra.

The US LP was later adopted as the official version of the record when The Beatles ' catalogue was updated for the 1980s digital Compact Disc releases.

The episodes Transmission: Impossible, Heavy Dental and Feats of Clay were released as the first Region 1 volume in the US, but no further releases have been planned.

Jam and Lewis had expressed an interest in working with the band after hearing their US releases.

According to sf historian and critic Mike Ashley, its success was the main reason for a subsequent flood of new releases: 22 more science fiction magazines appeared by 1954, when the market dipped again as a side effect of US Senate hearings into the putative connection between comic books and juvenile delinquency.

* June 25 – Prince releases his sixth album Purple Rain ; the album sells over twenty million copies and gives Prince two US number one singles with " When Doves Cry " and " Let's Go Crazy ".

* October 20 – Britney Spears releases the first single, " Me Against The Music " featuring American singer-songwriter Madonna, from her upcoming album In the Zone, marketed as a comeback single in the US ; it goes on to be an international success, reaching the top three in several countries.

Unlike other Motown releases in the UK which were released by Tamla-Motown, MoWest retained its US label design and logo for its UK releases as well.

Now signed to Yep Roc Records for their US releases, they put out their eighth disc, Never Hear the End of It in 2006.

Thrive Records, the US distributor for early Global Underground releases had a different numbering scheme for the Global Underground albums, due to this Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York ( GU007 ) was released as ( GU002 ) in the United States only.