British English Vs American English: 24 Differences Illustrated

In the UK we also call jumpers sweaters and have done for years

We too have french fries (what you get in McDonalds) chips are different. We also use peckish and hungry they indicate a degree in our state of hunger.

I always thought gray was the other way around.

In the UK jacket and baked potato are interchangeable terms

Labeling of floors in elevators in both the US and UK is a permanent cause of confusion for continental ppl lol

Charles Franks is obviously an English language scholar. Please consult him before writing these articles

In the philippines, we call it signal lights lol

One of my sister in laws had a period of schooling in the states and had the class in fits of laughter when she asked for a rubber to rectify a mistake she had made not realising that a rubber was slang for a condom. Very red faced.

Autumn is widely used in the US. Basically holiday means a public holiday (what would be called a bank holiday in the UK) whereas vacation is your time off work. Actually that seems pretty reasonable.

Estate wagon sounds so much better. Would probably sell better too. You can't call a '78 Oldsmobile station wagon a 'sports wagon'...estate wagon would totally work tho

A parlour is a nice room in your house for special guests (bit old fashioned), you generally don't by ice cream there.

We use both TV and telly

"Loo" is slang in English. The preferred forms are lavatory, which is used less and less today, or toilet.

My dad says loo and I say toilet coz bathroom is too long and I am English just saying lol.

We don't exclusively say loo btw. I usually say toilet as opposed to bathroom as I grew up where the bath physically had a separate room to the toilet... in England

We do use bathroom and TV, loo is just the toilet. I presume these are written by an American?

I use both Nappy and Diaper. IMG_1580-6...cb8fd0.jpg

In the Us, We say Binky as in Pacifier. Pacifier is the more proper term.

In the US, you can call any room with a toilet a bathroom. Restroom usually refers to a public bathroom that doesn’t contain a tub or shower. Powder room refers to a small bathroom with no bathtub or shower inside a house. En suite refers to a bathroom attached to a bedroom.

I call it a john, but finding the geographic root thereof is not something I really wanna google; that'd be one icky rabbit hole. ; - )

We only use tv

We use Telly TV and Television. And no one here in the UK calls it the LOO not even if you’re the poshest person around. It’s clearly a bathroom or “I’m going to the toilet” and I’ve been to America and they don’t know what a Bathroom is.

I don't say "telly"

My dad says loo and I say toilet coz bathroom is too long and restroom sounds weird

In the U.S. we also use binky for dummy.

A few more:- American sidewalk=British pavement American pavement=British road surface American hobo =British beggar ? American freeway = British motorway Amercan veteran == British former member of the armed forces American lumber = British timber or wood

They use the word toilet as well.

in america, we use Binky, not pacifier.

sweets/candy in Australia = lollies, candy floss= fairy floss, ice lolly = icy pole,

I use many of these terms and I've never been to England.

Poor letter U

In the U.S. we use the word pitch in soccer, field in football.

The southern U.S. version of dish towel is "cup towel," even though you dry other dishes with it. And if we are betraying our roots, we say "dishrag" or "washrag" instead of dish cloth. I have to be really cautious to say the fancier one.

The "U" is getting to me now...

I always tried to spell mustache as moustache because it looked right to me, but autocorrect says it's incorrect! I guess I wasn't wrong, I was just a little British :D

Zebra crossing sounds like it would be way cooler than it actually is.

Postcode not postal code

So basically S's become Z's and we drop the U's

Diversion was a nightmare when I first moved to England! We were lost for 2 hours because the highway just closed and we had to exit! We had no clue what to do. Finally we saw a tiny sign that said diversion. We followed it and made it home!

Plaster=BandAid/bandage. Carriage=Pram