American V English?

[EDDIE51]

On another web site I have been trying to give examples of words / phrases that have a different meaning in the USA from the one they have here.
I have given a few , eg the expression 'To knock up' a person has a totally different meaning in the USA.
Petrol = gas . Sweets = Candy. Power cut = power outage Bum = Tramp
Fanny uk version V Fanny US version
Any more you can think of?

[237SJ]

Don't know if this will come out but '***' means fed up rather than drunk. Purse = handbag pants = trousers hood = car bonnet trunk = car boot

[Togo]

Fender will be on any minute. (^_*)

[Mexican18]

John --lavatory

[goodgoalie]

Suspenders: what Americans call braces for trousers

[Flonska]

Wrench (US) = Spanner (UK)

[woofgang]

an odd one from my own experience....although I am not sure its universal in America. When we moved out of our rental house over there, the landlady said that we had “stained” the carpet. We got a carpet cleaning service in and the carpet came up like new. Getting ready for a fight....we (nicely) let her know that we had the carpet cleaned and it hadn’t been stained, just dirtied from use.....got a really blank look “That’s what I meant” she said....explained that in the UK, if something is “stained” its more than just dirt and may not be removeable. Much relieved laughter all round.

[chelle7272]

aubergine - eggplant
dummy - pacifier
ice lolly - popsicle

[Mexican18]

Eggplant --aubergine.

[chelle7272]

mobile - cell phone

[Flonska]

Hooker - Prostitute

[Mexican18]

Jelly--jam chips --crisps

[1ozzy]

S,k,e,e,t shooting has a very different meaning in the U.S of A.

Hope the AB censor system hasn't recognised the comma's.

[Togo]

We eat Faggots, not in the US though.

[pastafreak]

Lift/elevator
Lorry/truck
Rubber...erasure...boots/condom
Biscuit/cookie

[Toorak]

Courgette - zucchini

[EDDIE51]

Thanks some great ones there, keep em coming !

[Flonska]

This may not be by any means comprehensive but this link will provide quite a few more of the "differences."

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/be-ae2.htm

It also has to be remembered that, as well as different words, there are different spellings for the same word e.g. litre - liter, theatre - theater.

[woofgang]

cilantro = coriander
zucchini = courgette
baking soda = bicarbonate of soda
powdered sugar = icing sugar

[trt]

fag