What are the differences between British English and American English? pptx

What are the differences between
British English and American English?





British English A-Z US English US English A-Z British English
basin
big wheel
biscuits
bonnet
boot
braces
candyfloss
car park
chest (set) of drawers
chips
cinema
crisps
crossroads
current account
drawing-pin
drink-driving
dustbin
engaged
film
fish fingers
flannel

flat

frying-pan
funfair
ground floor
handbag
jug
jumper
kerb
ladder
lift
lorry
mackintosh
main road
minced beef
motorway
nail varnish
nappies
page
pants
pavement
petrol
plait
plaster
porridge
postcode
pram
public school
*sink
Ferris wheel
cookies
hood

trunk
suspenders
cotton candy
parking lot
bureau
French fries
movie theater
chips
intersection
checking account
thumbtack
drunk driving
trashcan
busy
movie
fish sticks
washcloth

apartment
skillet
carnival
first floor
purse
pitcher
sweater
curb
run
elevator
truck
slicker

highway
ground beef
freeway/ turnpike
nail polish
diapers
bellboy
panties
sidewalk
gas
braid
band-aid
oatmeal
zip code
baby buggy
private school
apartment
baby buggy
band-aid
bathroom
bellboy
braid
bureau
busy
can
candy apple
carnival
checking account
chips
cookies
cotton candy

curb
diapers
drunk driving
elevator
eraser
Ferris wheel
fish sticks
flashlight
free time
freeway / turnpike
French fries
garbage
garters
gas
ground beef
first floor
highway
hood
intersection
knapsack
motorway exit
movie
movie theater
moving van
nail polish
oatmeal
pants
panty hose
parking lot
pitcher

private school
purse
ramp
1
report card
flat
pram
plaster
toilet
page
plait
office
engaged
tin
toffee apple
funfair
current account
crisps
biscuits
candyfloss
kerb
nappies
drink-driving
lift
rubber
big wheel
fish fingers
torch
spare time
motorway

chips
rubbish
suspenders
petrol
minced beef
ground floor
main road
bonnet
crossroads
rucksack
ramp
film
cinema
removal van
nail varnish
porridge
knickers
tights
car park
jug
public school
handbag
slip road
school report
pupil
removal van
!rubber
rubbish
rucksack
saloon car

school report
Sellotape
shares
spare time
suspenders (used
to hold up ladies
stockings)
tights
tin
toffee apple
toilet
torch
trousers
vest
wellies / wellingtons
windscreen
zip
student
moving van
eraser
garbage
knapsack
sedan
report card
Scotch tape
stocks
free time
garters

panty hose
can
candy apple
bathroom
flashlight
pants
undershirt
rubber boots
windshield
zipper

rubber
rubber boots
run
Scotch tape
sedan
sidewalk
*sink
skillet
slicker
stocks
student
suspenders
sweater
thumbtack
toilet

trashcan
truck
trunk

undershirt
washcloth
windshield
zip code
zipper
condom
wellies / Wellingtons
ladder
Sellotape
saloon car
pavement
basin
frying-pan
mackintosh
shares
pupil
braces
jumper
drawing-pin
toilet (but the loo not the
room)
dustbin
lorry
boot
vest
flannel
windscreen
postcode
zip
Notes:

1
- When used to talk about roads and motorways. Someone I know took over 4 hours to complete a 25
minute drive, because he didn't know what his sat nav system meant when it said "Take the ramp".
Another huge difference that causes great confusion is writing the date. When you write the date in
numbers British and American English differ. To write the date 7th of September 2007 a Brit would
write dd/mm/yy (07/09/07) and an American would write mm/dd/yy (09/07/07). This often causes great
confusion. It's better to write the date in full (7th September 2007 or September 7th 2007). It also looks
nicer.
! - watch out! These words could prove embarrassing.
!Note - *if the sink is in the kitchen - it's a sink, but if it's in the bathroom it's a basin.