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.

I am AMerican and I spell that shade between black and white "grey". Always hated it being spelled with an "a"

The US uses gray and grey interchangeably

In the UK the operating room is also a theater

Theatre is the art form and theater is the building not a British vs. American difference

I used to live in Canada, where some things are like English and others more American. So confusing!

Great

In the US, theater refers to a building or performance venue. Theatre is an artform. Most Americans spell grey with an e.

(I'm an American) I always use grey instead of gray... in my opinion, it just looks better. Most of my friends spell it with an 'e' as well.

Actually, theatre is a phrase used for like musicla theatre while theater is like a movie..,I think

But Americans actually pronounce the 'r' in 'air plane', so it isn't too different when you say it out loud

no no no theatRE -- the ART of theatre -- the whole concept -- and yes, even in America. theatER -- the building, the place where theatRE is done. so you do theatRE in a theatER

We DO spell it check (vs. cheque) in America. But who even uses them anymore? I do, but very minimally... "spelt" - definitely not American! Spelled is American. We don't use whilst, either, which is a shame...

whoooo canada

True. Each of them really confusing for foreighners like me.

I live in the USA and am very into musical theatre. but i spell it like a british person.

runner beans are not string beans.

No wonder I was so confused in Australia, grey and gray just like the relationship of Chinese and Taiwanese, they are fxxxing the same.

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

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