New Member 02  British English American English Adopt nominate air hostess flight attendant bad form bad manners Bedsitter studio apartment Bellpush doorbell Bill check (restaurant payments), invoice Billion trillion bin liner trash bag Biscuit cracker, cookie Blower telephone Bonnet hood (of a car) Boot trunk (of a car) boot sale garage sale Braces suspenders Bundle package Bursary financial aid, scholarship Buttered eggs scrambled eggs call box telephone booth came away went away, left car smash car crash Cashier dishonorable discharge Casualty hospital emergency room cat mint catnip Cha tea chambers law offices chemist shop drug store child-minder baby-sitter Chips French fries Chit memo or voucher Cinema movies, movie theater Climber vine, ivy clocked in checked in Closet conference room Coach bus cold store freezer consultant department head Copper cop, officer Cotton thread Crisps potato chips Cutting clipping (e.g., from a newspaper) Dash tip, gratuity dinner jacket tux, tuxedo double bend S-curve Draughts checkers (game) drawing pin thumb tack driving wheel steering wheel Dummy baby's pacifier dust bin garbage can, trash can engaged (telephone) busy signal, line is busy engagement appointment estate car station wagon Extension lead extension cord (electric) facia pocket glove compartment Factor agent Faculty department fairy cake cup cake Fen marsh fill in, fill up complete, fill out Film movie fir apple pine cone fitted carpet wall to wall carpeting (abbreviated w/w) Flagstaff flagpole Flashers turn signals Flat apartment Flex electric cord Float petty cash Flyover overpass Flyscreen window screen Fondle handle, touch football rugby, soccer footway sidewalk fortnight two weeks Fount font, typeface franking machine postage meter free phone toll free Frisson shiver full age legal age full stop period Fused burnt out gangway aisle Gaol jail gear box transmission gear lever gear shift geyser water heater Ginnel alley Glass mirror goggle-box boob tube good few good many, large number grammar school high school Griff news ground floor first floor Gum glue or paste gum boots rubber boots hair wash shampoo handbag purse hard lines bad luck headlamps headlights headmaster principal held up delayed (held up means robbed in American) Hide leather hooter horn ice lolly Popsicle in-built built-in infant's school kindergarten interval intermission invalid chair wheel chair ironmonger hardware store Jam jelly Jelly Jell-O, gelatin jotter notebook Jug pitcher key money security deposit knickers panties knock up waken or rouse (means impregnate in American) laddering my tights a run in my stocking ladybird ladybug Lag insulation lead (dogs) leash lead (electric) cord, wire lending library public library lettings apartments for rent library ticket library card Lift elevator loads lift freight elevator lollipop lady crossing guard Long-case clock grandfather clock Loose covers slipcovers Lorry truck m and r um and er, hem and haw macintosh raincoat mack raincoat Mad insane (means angry in American) made redundant laid off maize corn maize cob corn on the cob marrow squash match game mean stingy means test need analysis mend repair metalled road paved road midden garbage dump milliard billion minced meat ground beef moggy cat, kitty monkey nuts peanuts motor spirits fuel, gas, gasoline muesli granola nappies diapers Nose to tail bumper to bumper Note bill  notecase wallet noughts and crosses tic-tac-toe number plate license plate oblique slash (punctuation) on-cost overhead expense open university extension courses, distance education outfitter clothing store pack of cards deck of cards page (hotel) bell boy pants underwear paper handkerchief tissue Pass out graduate patience solitaire pavement sidewalk peep-bo peek-a-boo Peg clothespin perspex Plexigla petrol gas, gasoline pickled cucumbers pickles pictures movies piece-tin lunch box *** drunk pleader lawyer, attorney ponce pimp pop round come by porridge oatmeal Post mail Post free postpaid postcode zip code postoffice directory telephone directory power cut power failure preggers pregnant press man journalist, reporter private address home address professor conductor (orchestra) programme show proofed waterproofed Pub bar, saloon Punt gamble (means kick or skip in American) purse pocketbook pylon utility pole queue line Quit behave radiogram stereo ramble walk, stroll Rate tax Read out read aloud reader's ticket library card ready, steady, go! 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Turkey/Eskisehir Full Member 109Dil Sınavlarına Hazırlık Merkezi There's no such thing as "British" English. English as it is spoken in England is standard English. England as it is spoken in other countries is regional English. I believe the term "British" English is an American invention! Middlesex New Member 05 then, lets say english in "UK" and english in "US". Turkey/Eskisehir Full Member 109Dil Sınavlarına Hazırlık Merkezi "then, lets say english in "UK" and english in "US"." No objection to that, although the terms are a bit awkward. I think that more and more, standard English is being Americanised especially among the younger generation and that is a shame. For instance I have heard some young English people say "elevator" instead of "lift" and even "bathroom" instead of "toilet". I'm sure the list of differences between standard English and American Emglish could go on and on! Middlesex New Member 05Oh dear! I strongly believe there are more important issues to be concerned with. Americans are like anyone else, we speak what we were taught. Does this make us arrogant? I enjoy coming here and adding to my knowledge of the English language. However, the more posts I read, the more I believe that Americans simply are not welcomed here. In my opinion, that is a shame. Regards, Eric Florida, USA Full Member 117Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. Let's learn English only for its own sake! Turkey/Eskisehir Full Member 109Dil Sınavlarına Hazırlık Merkezi More
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