Ufficio postale - Inglese Britannico e Americano - Trascrizione

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some essential English differences between British English and American English language for expressions at the post office.
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful, expressions, you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
So let’s start!

Ufficio postale - Inglese Britannico e Americano - Podcast

Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some essential English differences between British English and American English language for expressions at the post office.
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful, expressions, you’ll then hear a short explanation of these words, followed by an example of how they are used.
So let’s start!

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Ufficio postale - Inglese Britannico e Americano

Post and Mail

In British English, the word post refers both to the letters, parcels and postcards that a person receives and to the system of sending/delivering them.
In American English, the word mail is used instead.

To post a letter (USA: to mail a letter) means to send it.

A postman (USA: mailman) is a person who delivers letters; a postbox/pillar box (USA: mailbox) is a place in the street where you put the letters you want to send.

E-mail is used in both British and American English to refer to electronic messages. It is also used as a verb (to e-mail: to send a message via the Internet).

Snail mail is the phrase used to describe the messages sent by the traditional postal service.