Dialects of English

TetsuoHashimoto

Definition
UK Word USA Word
11th June 1998
11/06/98 06/11/98
the dot at the end of a sentence
full stop period
unit of paper currency
note bill
mathematics
maths math
the season after summer autumn fall
day when offices are closed bank holiday legal holiday
small pointed thing used to pin papers onto walls drawing pin thumb tack
mark made when something is correct or selected tick check
the name of the final letter of the alphabet zed zee
angry pissed off pissed
One Word - Two Meanings
Word UK Usage USA Usage
Asian person of Indian, Pakistani,
Bangladeshi origin person of Japanese, Vietnamese,
Korean, Philippino origin
ass a donkey human posterior
bathroom a room containing a bath or shower a room containing a toilet
bill amount to pay for a service a piece of paper currency
bomb success disaster
buns sticky cake human posterior
bum human posterior unemployed, down-and-out
chips What Americans call "French fries" What the British call "crisps"
fag cigarette male homosexual
fanny external female sex organs human posterior
football soccer gridiron
hamper picnic basket full of food basket for dirty clothes
homely pleasant ugly
Indian person from the Indian
sub-continent indigenous American
jelly gelatinous dessert fruit preserve
mad not sane angry
mean stingy aggressive
pants worn under trousers worn over underwear
pissed drunk angry
presently soon now
public school fee-paying school state school
queen the head of state male homosexual
rubber implement to erase pencil marks male contraceptive
semi semi-detatched house tractor-trailer
smart well dressed clever
spunk slang for male sexual emission full of "get up and go"
suspenders hold up stockings hold up trousers / pants
tea drink served hot with milk drink served cold with lemon
tramp unemployed, down-and-out derogatory term for a female of
"easy virtue"
vest a garment worn under a shirt the third part of a three piece
suit worn between the shirt and jacket
wash up wash dishes after a meal wash face and hands

.American
British

apartment
flat

argument
row

baby carriage
pram

band-aid
plaster

bathroom
loo or WC

can
tin

chopped beef
mince

cookie
biscuit

corn maize
diaper
nappy

elevator
lift

eraser
rubber

flashlight
torch

fries
chips

gas
petrol

guy
bloke, chap

highway
motorway

hood (car) bonnet
jello
jelly

jelly
jam

kerosene
paraffin

lawyer
solicitor

license plate
number plate

line
queue

mail
post

motor home
caravan

movie theater
cinema

muffler
silencer

napkin
serviette

nothing
nought

overpass
flyover

pacifier
dummy

pants
trousers

parking lot
car park

period
full stop

pharmacist
chemist

potato chips
crisps

rent
hire

sausage
banger

sidewalk
pavement

soccer
football

sweater
jumper

trash can
bin

truck
lorry

trunk (car) boot
vacation
holiday

vest
waistcoat

windshield (car) windscreen
zip code
postal code

po0k

what?

deco

Is this even on the right board?

And Mr/Miss TetsuoHashimoto could have at least edited the thing up properly....