American English Vs British English

[P Malathy]

I would like to resume straight away with my previous lesson about the discrepancies in American and British usage of words.

American EnglishBritish English

1. FallAutumn
2. Movie theaterCinema
3. MM/DD/YYYYDD/MM/YYYY
4. MathMaths
5. Muffler Silencer
6. NapkinServiette
7. Nothing Nought
8. Overpass Flyover
9. Pacifier Dummy
10.PantsTrousers
11.Parking LotCar Park
12.PeriodFull Stop
13.PharmacistChemist
14.Potato ChipsCrisps
15.RentHire
16.Sausage Banger
17.Sidewalk Pavement
18.Sauccer Foot ball
19.Sweater Jumper
20.Trash CanBin
21.TruckLorry
22.Vacation Holiday
23.VestWaist Coat
24.Wind shieldWind Screen
25.Zip Code Postal Code

P Malathy, Kumaraguru College of Technology,
Coimbatore - 06.

[wizkid]

Hi Malathy,



very nice information.....

[P Malathy]

Hai Wizkid
Your immediate reply to my new postings really, prove to be an incessant encouragement to me to write further. Thank You.

P Malathy, Lecturer in English,
Kumaraguru College of Technology,
Coimbatore - 06.

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[wizkid]

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[rachana]

Very nice article madam

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rachana

[VSPrasad]

Athletics (an ... meet) = track and field
Backlog = log-jam, pile-up (of business orders, for example). U.S. backlog = comfortable reserve of orders — difference between the two is in opposite interpretation or connotation of same basic situation.
Bank holiday = holiday
Bap = bun, hamburger bun, hamburger roll
Mrs. Beeton = Fanny Farmer (standard cooking, household reference book)
Bespoke = custom-tailored, tailor-made
Big Dipper = roller coaster (at a "Fun-Fair" = "Amusement Park"
Bilberry = blueberry
"Bird" = "chick"
Biro = Papermate (ball-point pen trade name which equals "generic" name)
Biscuit = cookie (U.S. "biscuit" is a baked bread, "bap," "scone"
Blancmange = vanilla pudding
Block, block of flats = apartment building (U.S. term "block" [city block] unknown as such in British English, though usually understandable.
"Bomb" (theater terminology) = a "hit," a great success. U.S. "bomb" = G.B. failure, critical disaster, i.e. the two are exact opposites in sentences like "The play was a bomb!"
Boiler suit = overalls
Bonnet (automotive) = hood (of a car...)
Boot (automotive) = trunk (of a car...)
Bottom drawer = hope chest
Bowler (hat) = derby (special connotations & different pronunc.)
Braces = suspenders; U.S. suspenders = G.B. garters, stocking fasteners
Brambleberry = blackberry
Bottom of the street = end of the street
Box (TV) = Tube (both slang, colloquial terms)
Bull = "mickey mouse" (unnecessary military drill); U.S. bull = G.B. ####
Bum = ass, rectum; U.S. bum = G.B. tramp, derelict
Bun in the oven = pregnant, eating for two
Call box = (tele)phone booth
Camp bed = cot; U.S. cot = G.B. baby bed
Car park = parking lot
Caretaker (for a building) = janitor (not same as "vahtimestari")
Carriage (railway) = railroad car, subway car
Carrier bag = shopping bag
Caucus = permanent group in a political party; U.S. caucus = G.B. ad hoc planning meeting of a group in a political party
Central reservation = median strip (between halves of a divided highway)
Charge sheet = police record
Chemist (drugstore) = druggist
Chips = french fries; U.S. chips often = dried buffalo, cow dung (other cases, i.e. poker chips, wood chips, the same)
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[AjayKumar.Kataram]

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