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British versus American English

American English
hood
license plate

British English

queue
one-way ticket
restroom
pack of cards
faucet
wash your hands
dummy
eraser
aerial
band - aid
check

bill
dressing gown
chest of drawers
caretaker

cookie
waistcoat
drapes
truck

motorway
van, lorry
wardrobe
nappy

kerosene
apartment
petrol
automobile
cab
tin
candy
crazy
drug-store
fall

llft
chemist('s)

first floor
rubbish
garbage can
main road
post
math
movies
pants

the cinema
boot

flashlight
wallet
potato chips
railway
round trip
schedule
sunglasses
sidewalk
shop
stove
subway
vacation
US: antenna
US: apartment
US: apartment building
US: area code
US: ATM
US: baby carriage
US: band-aid
US: bathroom
US: beet
US: buddy
US: busy (phone line)
US: cafeteria
US: can (of food)
US: candy
US: check (rest.)
US: chips

UK: aerial
UK: flat
UK: block of flats
UK: dialing code
UK: cashpoint
UK: pram
UK: plaster
UK: loo/ WC/ toilet
UK: beetroot
UK: mate
UK: engaged
UK: canteen
UK: tin
UK: sweets
UK: bill
UK: crisps

US: chopped beef


US: cookie
US: corn
US: cotton candy
US: crosswalk
US: dead end
US: diaper
US: first floor
US: flashlight
US: fries
US: game (sports)
US: guy
US: gas
US: freeway
US: to honk
US: hood (car)
US: jello
US: jelly
US: kerosene
US: laundromat
US: line
US: mail
US: motor home
US: movie theater
US: muffler
US: napkin
US: overpass
US: pants
US: pacifier
US: parking lot
US: period
US: private school
US: rsum
US: to rent
US: sidewalk
US: soccer
US: store

UK: mince
UK: biscuit
UK: maize
UK: candy floss
UK: zebra crossing
UK: cul-de-sac
UK: nappy
UK: ground floor
UK: torch
UK: chips
UK: match
UK: bloke, chap
UK: petrol
UK: motorway
UK: to hoot
UK: bonnet
UK: jelly
UK: jam
UK: paraffin
UK: laundrette
UK: queue
UK: post
UK: caravan
UK: cinema
UK: silencer
UK: serviette
UK: flyover
UK: trousers
UK: dummy
UK: car park
UK: full stop
UK: public school
UK: CV
UK: to hire
UK: pavement
UK: football
UK: shop

US: trash/garbage can


US: truck
US: trunk (car)
US: turn signal
US: windshield
US: z (pron. "zee")

UK: rubbish bin


UK: lorry
UK: boot
UK: indicator
UK: windscreen
UK: z (pron. "zed")

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