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As in Oxford dictionary it shows that speciality is a variation of specialty in N.America. I can only give you some tips on how to use these ... 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Speciality-Specialty Threadstarter Sweet-Girl Startdate Mar8,2006 S Sweet-Girl Member Arabic/Bahrain Hiall, ISspecialityavariationofspecialtyortheyaredifferentwordsbecauseinmyEnglish-Arabicdictionaryitshowsthesamemeaning?Ifit'snotavariationpleasetellmethedifferencebetweenthem?andhowcanIdistinguishthemeaningofspecialityfromspecialtyinanycontext? Thanksalot.   R river SeniorMember U.S.English specialty-AE speciality-BE   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) Differentcontextsusedifferentspellings,butthemeaningisessentiallythesame. Doctorshavespecialties-thebranchofmedicinethattheyspecialisein. Restaurantsandchefshavespecialities-thedishesthattheyfeeltheypresentparticularlywell. Edit:Havingseenriver'spost-wehaveboth   Mr.Blue SeniorMember Australia/English AsinOxforddictionaryitshowsthatspecialityisavariationofspecialtyinN.America. Icanonlygiveyousometipsonhowtousethesewordsdifferently.Usespecialitywhenyoumeanthespecialcharacterofsomething;usespecialtywhenreferringtoaspeciallineofworkorbusiness. Note:I'llgiveanexamplelateron(Ican'tmakeaclearonerightnow).IhopeIhelped.   M morpho Member SanFrancisco English,USA IwouldventuretosaythattypicallyweonlyusethewordspecialtyinAmericanEnglish.   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) s.t.u.a.r.tsaid: inoriginalenglishasspokeninEngland,itisincorrecttouse"specialty"weonlyeverhearitonamericantv. Clicktoexpand... Hellos.t.u.a.r.t-welcometoWordReference. Forgivemeforcontradictingyou,butwhatyousayisnottrue. Ifyouhaveevidenceinsupportofyouropinion,whichcontradictstheOxfordEnglishDictionary,youarewelcometopostithere.   JulianStuart SeniorMember SonomaCountyCA English(UKthenUS) Welcomestuartwiththedotsfromanotherwithout PureandcorrectarecontentioustermsatbestandmyOEDlistsspecialtyasbeingusedaslongagoas1451and1575(isthiswhenOriginalEnglishwasaround?)"aspecialfeatureorcharacteristic"whiledefinition4seemstobethemainthrustofitscurrentuse:Aspeciallineofworkorbusiness;aspecialsubjectofstudyorresearch.Definiton5ofspecialityhas:athingorarticlespeciallycharacteristicof,producedormanufacturedbyaparticularplace,firmetc. Thuswhilethereseemssomeoverlap,IagreewithpanjandMrBlue:thespecialtyiswhatdoctorsandresearchersselecttodevotetheirenergiesto,andaspecialityisonarestaurantmenuorinatouristguidetosuggestlocalsouvenirs.   Lastedited:Jan30,2010 panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) ThepointmadebyJulianStuart,andothersearlierinthethread,isthatBEusesbothforms,oftendistinguishingbetweenthembasedoncontext. IfyouteachstudentsthatmedicaldoctorsintheUKhavespecialities,youaredoingthemaseriousdisservice,unlessyouaretalkingabouttheirfavouritedinnerpartyrecipes.   Jamontoast SeniorMember UK BritishEnglish Ido,albeitrarely,see"specialty"usedwithrespecttothespeciallineofworkorbusinessdefinition,butsofaronlywithU.S.companiesofferingproductsinwhichtheyspecialise(specialtybearings,etc.). Iwouldn't,however,blinkaneyetoseeitusedinBritishEnglish;itcanconveyadifferentnuancefrom"speciality"andsocanonlyenrichthelanguage. "Aluminum"vs"aluminium"isdifferentbecausethisisjust,respectively,AmEandBrEwordsforexactlythesamething."Specialty"isnotexactlythesamethingas"speciality". JusttoreinforceJulianStuart'spoint,thenotionofpeopleintheUKstillspeaking"originalEnglish"isnonsense,sinceAmEandBrEhavebothevolvedinsimilarbutslightlydifferentdirectionssincethe"original"emigrationstoNorthAmerica.Ifwestillspoke"originalEnglish"intheUK,usBritswouldstillsoundlikeShakespeare(wouldn'tthatbeahoot!)   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) s.t.u.a.r.tsaid: ... asapersonintheUKIonlyheartheword"special-ty"onamericantv,however,asateacherIhaveabookofguidelines,aredpenandablackpen,simpleasthat. <> Clicktoexpand... InthatcaseyouaremissingoutonahugesectionofBritishEnglishvocabulary. Iencourageyoutoopenyourselftothepossibilitythatyour"AE-only"viewofspecialtyiswrong.   entangledbank SeniorMember London English-South-EastEngland Numerically,'speciality'ismorecommoninBrE,butastowhetherthereisanyconsistentdifferenceinmeaning,IhavetoagreewithFowlerinModernEnglishUsage: Thetwowords...whiletheyseemtocryoutfordifferentiation,havemadelittleprogressinthatdirection.Anyonewhothinksheknowswhichofthechiefsensesbelongstowhich,&testshisnotionsbylookingthroughtheOEDquotations,islikelytohaveasurprise;hewillperhapsconcludethatwritersuseeitherformforanyofthesensesaccordingastheypreferitssoundingeneralorfinditsuittherhythmofasentence...Themostthatcanbeventuredistostatetwofacts,firstthatspecialityisinmostsensesthecommoner,&secondlythatspecialtyprevailsinthelegalsense,definedinOEDas'Aspecialcontract,obligation,orbond...' Iwouldjustaddthatanotherwordforwhatspecialistshaveisspecialism.   JulianStuart SeniorMember SonomaCountyCA English(UKthenUS) Anotherpossible(andunambiguous)wordfor(acommonmeaningof)specialtyisspecialization: "Ididpostgraduateresearchinbiochemistrywithaspecializationinplantalkaloidmetabolism".   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top