time, no terms relating to fifteen or thirty minutes before/after the hour are used; rather the time is told exactly as for example nine fifteen, ten forty-five. Sports percentages In sports statistics, certain percentages such as those for winning or win–loss records and saves in field or ice hockey and association football are almost always expressed as a decimal proportion to three places in AmE and are usually read aloud as if they are whole numbers, e.g. (0).500 or five hundred, hence the phrase "games/matches over five hundred", whereas in BrE they are also expressed but as true percentages instead, after multiplying the decimal by 100%, that is, 50% or "fifty per cent" and "games/matches over 50% or 50 per cent". However, "games/matches over 50% or 50 percent" is also found in AmE, albeit sporadically, e.g., hitting percentages in volleyball. The American practice of expressing so-called percentages in sports statistics as decimals originated with baseball's batting averages, developed by English-born statistician and historian Henry Chadwick. See also American and British English grammatical differences American and British English pronunciation differences American and British English spelling differences British and American keyboards List of dialects of the English language Lists of words having different meanings in American and British English Explanatory notes Citations General and cited sources Algeo, John (2006). British or American English?. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Hargraves, Orin (2003). Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . McArthur, Tom (2002). The Oxford Guide to World English. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Murphy, Lynne (2018). The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English. London. Oneworld Publications. . Peters, Pam (2004). The Cambridge Guide to English Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Trudgill, Peter and Jean Hannah (2002). International English: A Guide to the Varieties of Standard English, 4th ed. London: Arnold. . Further reading External links Word substitution list, by the Ubuntu English (United Kingdom) Translators team Linguistics Issues List of American, Canadian and British spelling differences Map of US English dialects The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary British English vs. American English Slang Compared British English-American English Vocabulary Quiz Language comparison between countries Comparison of forms of English Internationalization and localization United Kingdom–United States relations