British and American words

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In the UK we say chips in America you say Fries

In the UK we say dustbin or bin in America you say garbage can ?

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Football.and American football two different things

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Australian football is different again. How about vacation (US) and holiday. Ketchup and sauce.

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Also there’s lift vs elevator

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also you call a car trunk a boot

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Flat vs apartment

Then there’s spelling differentiation like

Color vs colour
Humor vs humour

Stuff like that

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Aluminum v aluminium

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I like how glacier is pronounced completely differently in British English.
I also like how you say chemist instead of pharmacy.
In Scandinavia we call them “apotek”.

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I think it’s funny how Americans say Garage. It sounds really posh and like a stereotype of a British way of saying something. It’s weird.

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Apotheke in German

Apothecary in English is a synonym for pharmacy that isn’t used much, at least not in the US.

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Rubbish is another garbage word that Americans don’t say much.

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Pants and trousers

Bloody and damn (there are other synonyms)

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To lower the tone…f*g (cigarette) and fanny have very different meanings across the pond.

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In South Africa we say boot and bonnet instead of trunk and hood.
And a robot is a traffic light (but I think that one’s SA only not UK)
Oh yes and a nappy is a diaper
And a tap is a faucet.

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