English Translation To Er..Um...US English?

Nathan Natas

You, Sir, are a Gentleman AND a scholar!

roybatty

A snog? LOL! I don't recall James Bond ever using this particular word.

temp1

Ror, I don't remember ever hearing James Bond ask.

LB

Yep you guys work very hard at making no sense

Francois

I'm glad you cleared THAT up. I've been wondering how you guys could get it so wrong. Now you know what's right, why don't you start using it?

Matty

Some of those are weird! I have never called a cracker a "savoury biscuit" in my life. And surely a "Toothpick" and a "Cocktail Stick" are different things entirely? And "A Flirt" is "Tart"??

Robdar

Hooray, a translation from British to American English.

I was just discussing the communication problem with a friend of mine last night.

Thanks Englishman.

Your term for crossing guard made me laugh. In Rhode Island a few years back, there was a massive number of arrests in a place referred to as "Lollipop Lane" in one of the suburban areas, I forget which town exactly. Bunch of gay guys got caught with their pants down, literally.

Princess

I love it! Your timing is great Eman, I'm reading a book by a British writer and the character was making a "jacket potato", I was wondering what that was!

I guess you don't wipe your mouth with a napkin then?

Rachel

A
AMERICAN	BRITISH
Airplane	Aeroplane
Aluminum	Aluminium
Apartment	Flat
Appetizer	Entree, Starter
*Archeology	Archaeology

B
AMERICAN	BRITISH
Babysitter	Minder
Baked Potato	Jacket Potato
Bathroom	Loo, The Toilet
Band-Aid	Elastoplast
Bank Teller	Cashier
Bedspread	Similar to a Eiderdown and Duvet
Billion	Trillion
Bleachers	Terrace
Braces (for teeth)	Brace

C
AMERICAN	BRITISH
Call (on the phone)	Ring
Cafeteria	Refectory
Can	Tin
Candy	Sweets
*Catalog	Catalogue
Cents	Pence
Chapstick	Lip Balm
*Check	Cheque
Checkers	Draughts
Chips	Crisps
Cigarette	Fag
Closet (bedroom)	Wardrobe
Clumsy	Cackhanded
Collect Call	Reverse Charge Call
*Color	Colour
Cookie	Biscuit
Cotton Candy	Candy Floss
Commercial	Advertisment
Cracker	Savoury biscuit
Crib	Cot
Cross Walk	Zebra Crossing, Pedestrian Crossing
Crossing Gaurd	Lollipop Man
Cupcake	Fairy Cake
*Curb	Kerb

D
AMERICAN	BRITISH
Dessert	Afters, Pudding
Detour	Diversion
Diaper	Napkin, Nappy
Dollar Bill	Note
Drugstore	Chemist
Duplex	Semi-Detached House

E
AMERICAN	BRITISH
Eggplant	Aubergine
Elevator	Lift
Emergency Room	Casualty
Eraser	Rubber
Expensive	Dear