|
1st Floor |
Ground Floor
|
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2nd Floor |
1st Floor
|
|
3rd Floor
(and so on) |
2nd
Floor |
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Advertisement or ad |
Advert |
|
Ages (as in ages ago) |
Yonks
|
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Angry
|
Pissed off (for
just "pissed" see "drunk")
|
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Area code
|
Dialing code
|
|
Ass |
Arse
|
|
Apartment
|
Flat
|
|
Apartment - two
floors |
Maisonette
|
|
Appointment
calendar |
Diary
|
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Automobile (car is
also used) |
Car, motor car
|
|
Baby carriage |
Pram
|
|
Baby crib
|
Cot
|
|
Back up (a car)
|
Reverse
|
|
Bandaid
(bandage) |
Plaster, elastoplast
|
|
Bangs (hair) |
Fringe
|
|
Bar |
Pub
|
|
Barrette |
Hair slide
|
|
Baseboard
|
Skirting board
|
|
Bath robe / house
coat |
Dressing gown
|
|
Bathing suit
|
Swimming
costume |
|
Beets
|
Beetroot
|
|
Biscuit |
Roll or Bread
roll |
|
Blacktop
|
Tarred road
|
|
Bleachers
|
Terrace
|
|
Blender
|
Liquidiser
|
|
Blinkers, turn
signals |
Flickers,
indicators
|
|
Boy
|
Lad
|
|
Braid (hair) |
Plait
|
|
Broil |
Grill
|
|
Broke
|
Skint
|
|
Buddy (friend)
|
Mate, matey
|
|
Bumper cars (at
amusement parks) |
Dodgem Cars
|
|
Busy (as in
telephone line is busy) |
Engaged
|
|
Butt
|
Bum (bum in the
US is a tramp) |
|
Button (kind
that pins on) |
Badge
|
|
Cafeteria
|
Canteen
(canteen in US is a drinking bottle)
|
|
Can
|
Tin
|
|
Candy |
Sweets
|
|
Candy Bar |
Chocolate Bar
|
|
Check (as in
restaurant check) |
Bill
|
|
Cigarette |
Fag (in the USA
a fag is slang for some one who is gay!)
|
|
Closet |
Cupboard
|
|
Club Soda |
Soda
|
|
Coat (men's suit) |
Jacket |
|
Collect call
|
Reverse charge
call |
|
Condo |
Flat
(that is owned not leased)
|
|
Cotton Candy
|
Candy Floss
|
|
Counterclockwise |
Anticlockwise
|
|
Cookie |
Biscuit (VERY
different to a US biscuit)
|
|
Crepe |
Pancake
(normally served rolled with cinnamon and sugar
- very different to US pancake)
|
|
Cross walk
|
Zebra crossing
|
|
Davenport (in USA a
couch) |
Davenport (in UK a
desk) |
|
Dessert |
Pudding
|
|
Defroster, defogger
|
Demister
|
|
Dead End |
Cul-de-sac
|
|
Deductible
(insurance) |
Excess
|
|
Diaper |
Nappy
|
|
Diner
|
Tea room
|
|
Dishes - to do the dishes |
To do the washing up |
|
Divided highway
(4 lanes) |
Dual
carriageway |
|
Down payment |
Deposit
|
|
Downsize (at work)
|
Retrench, made
redundant |
|
Drapes, draperies
|
Curtains
|
|
Dress
|
Frock
|
|
Drunk
|
Pissed
|
|
Eggplant
|
Aubergine
|
|
Electrical
cable |
Flex
|
|
Elevator |
Lift
|
|
Emergency room
|
Casualty
|
|
English beer or ale |
Bitter
|
|
Eraser |
Rubber
(rubber in the US is a condom!)
|
|
Estimate (as in "to
obtain an estimate") |
Quote
|
|
Extract (as in
Vanilla extract) |
Essence
|
|
Exit |
Off Ramp
|
|
Expert (like a
computer nerd) |
Boffin
|
|
Fall
|
Autumn
|
|
Fancy
|
Posh
|
|
Fanny Pack
(fanny in UK does NOT mean butt, use this word
VERY carefully) |
Bum Bag
|
|
Faucet / Spigot |
Tap
|
|
Festival
|
Fete
(pronounced "Fate") |
|
Fire (from a job at
work) |
Sack (fire is used
as well) |
|
Fire Department
|
Fire Brigade
|
|
First Name |
Christian Name
|
|
Fishing Pole |
Fishing Rod |
|
Flashlight |
Torch
|
|
French Fries |
Chips
|
|
Futon (sleeper couch
is also used) |
Sleeper couch
(Futon in the UK is the "real" Japanese style
low bed with slats) |
|
Game (as in
sports) |
Match
|
|
Garbage man
|
Dustman
|
|
Gas station
|
Filling
station, petrol station |
|
German Shepard
|
Alsatian
|
|
Good bye
|
Cheerio
|
|
Goof off
|
Skive off
|
|
Granola
|
Muesli
|
|
Grill |
Barbecue
|
|
Ground (electrical) |
Earth
|
|
Ground beef
|
Mince, minced
meat |
|
Guy
|
Bloke
|
|
Hash Browns |
Grated potato,
fried |
|
Home Fries |
Cubed potato,
fried |
|
Hood |
Bonnet
|
|
Honk |
Hoot
|
|
Horn |
Hooter
|
|
Horny
|
Randy
|
|
Hot pocket (brand
name) |
Meat Pie
|
|
Hot water
heater |
Geyser
|
|
Intermission
|
Interval
|
|
Jail |
Gaol |
|
Jello
|
Jelly
|
|
Jelly
|
Jam
|
|
Kerosene
|
Paraffin
|
|
Ketchup |
Tomato Sauce
|
|
Kiss, make out
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