[PW] Common word in British English shorter than American?

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting "Borg, Matthew" <M.Borg at shu.ac.uk>:

> Which common word in British English is shorter than its similarly
> spelt counterpart in American English?

Since such a word cannot be similarly spelt and shorter in length, I 
take it that the term must rather be similarly spelled and pronounced 
with fewer sounds: like forehead [forid/forhed].

John Dyson
Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University