United States Of America United Kingdom

1st Floor Ground Floor

nd
2 Floor 1st Floor
rd
3 Floor (and so on) 2nd Floor
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Ages (as in ages ago) Yonks
Angry Pissed off (for just "pissed" see "drunk")
Area code Dialing code
Ass Arse
Apartment Flat
Apartment - two floors Maisonette
Appointment calendar Diary
Automobile (car is also used) Car, motor car
Baby carriage Pram
Baby crib Cot
Back up (a car) Reverse
Bandaid (bandage) Plaster, elastoplast
Bangs (hair) Fringe
Bar Pub
Barrette Hair slide
Baseboard Skirting board
Bath robe / house coat Dressing gown
Bathing suit Swimming costume
Beets Beetroot
Biscuit Roll or Bread roll
Blacktop Tarred road
Bleachers Terrace
Blender Liquidiser
Blinkers, turn signals Flickers, indicators
Boy Lad
Braid (hair) Plait
Broil Grill
Broke Skint
Buddy (friend) Mate, matey
Bumper cars (at amusement parks) Dodgem Cars
Busy (as in telephone line is busy) Engaged
Butt Bum (bum in the US is a tramp)
Button (kind that pins on) Badge
Cafeteria Canteen (canteen in US is a drinking bottle)
Can Tin
Candy Sweets
Candy Bar Chocolate Bar
Check (as in restaurant check) Bill
Cigarette Fag (in the USA a fag is slang for some one who is gay!)

Closet Cupboard
Club Soda Soda
Coat (men's suit) Jacket
Collect call Reverse charge call
Condo  Flat (that is owned not leased)
Cotton Candy Candy Floss
Counterclockwise Anticlockwise
Cookie Biscuit (VERY different to a US biscuit)
Crepe Pancake (normally served rolled with cinnamon and sugar - very
different to US pancake)

Cross walk Zebra crossing

Davenport (in USA a couch) Davenport (in UK a desk)
Dessert Pudding
Defroster, defogger Demister
Dead End Cul-de-sac
Deductible (insurance) Excess
Diaper Nappy
Diner Tea room
Dishes - to do the dishes To do the washing up
Divided highway (4 lanes) Dual carriageway
Down payment Deposit
Downsize (at work) Retrench, made redundant
Drapes, draperies Curtains
Dress Frock
Drunk Pissed
Eggplant Aubergine
Electrical cable Flex
Elevator Lift
Emergency room Casualty
English beer or ale Bitter
Eraser Rubber (rubber in the US is a condom!)
Estimate (as in "to obtain an estimate") Quote

Extract (as in Vanilla extract) Essence

Exit Off Ramp
Expert (like a computer nerd) Boffin
Fall Autumn
Fancy Posh
Fanny Pack (fanny in UK does NOT mean butt, use this word Bum Bag
VERY carefully)
Faucet / Spigot Tap
Festival Fete (pronounced "Fate")
Fire (from a job at work) Sack (fire is used as well)
Fire Department Fire Brigade
First Name Christian Name
Fishing Pole Fishing Rod
Flashlight Torch
French Fries Chips
Futon (sleeper couch is also used) Sleeper couch (Futon in the UK is the "real" Japanese style low bed with
slats)
Game (as in sports) Match
Garbage man Dustman
Gas station Filling station, petrol station
German Shepard Alsatian
Good bye Cheerio
Goof off Skive off
Granola Muesli
Grill Barbecue
Ground (electrical) Earth
Ground beef Mince, minced meat
Guy Bloke
Hash Browns Grated potato, fried
Home Fries Cubed potato, fried
Hood Bonnet
Honk Hoot
Horn Hooter
Horny Randy
Hot pocket (brand name) Meat Pie
Hot water heater Geyser
Intermission Interval
Jail Gaol
Jello Jelly
Jelly Jam
Kerosene Paraffin
Ketchup Tomato Sauce
Kiss, make out Snog
Last Name Surname
Leash (for a dog) Lead
Letter opener Paper knife
Laundromat Laundrette
Laundry detergent Washing powder
Lawyer Barrister, solicitor 
License plate, tag Number plate
Line (as in "standing in") Queue
Liquor Store Off License, Off sales
Living room Lounge, sitting room
Loaded (as in a car is "loaded" with extras) Full house
London Broil Silverside beef roast
Love Seat Couch, sofa, settee
Mail Post
Main Street High Street
Mixture of fruit preserve used like ketchup on meat dishes Chutney
such as curry or sausages

Mobile home, trailer Caravan

Molasses Treacle
Movie Theater Cinema
Moving truck Removal van
Muffler (car) Silencer
Nail polish Nail varnish
Naked Starkers
Napkin Serviette
Nurse - R.N. equivalent Sister
Oatmeal Porridge
Outlet (electrical) Socket, Power point, wall plug
Overpass Flyover
Pacifier (baby) Dummy
Pants Trousers
Panties Knickers
Panty hose Stockings
Parka, hooded jacket Anorak
Parking lot Car park
Pass (another car) Overtake
Pavement Tar road
Payphone Phone box, call box
Period (punctuation) Full stop
Pig's stomach, eaten boiled with onions Tripe

Pissed Angry (pissed in the Commonwealth means drunk!!)

Pharmacy, drug store Chemist

Plexi-glass Perspex
Policeman or cop Copper or Bobby
Pop (Midwest US for Soda) Coldrink, soft drink
Pork Sausages Bangers
Popsicle Ice lolly
Potato Chips Crisps
Pound sign (on a telephone) Hash sign
Powdered sugar Castor sugar
President (of a company) Managing Director
Private school Public school
Purse Handbag
Radio Wireless
Railroad Railway
Realtor Estate agent
Red hair Ginger hair
Reflectors (in the middle of a road) Cat's eyes
Resume CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Restroom, bathroom Toilet, W.C. (Water Closet)
Round Trip (as in flight tickets) Return
Santa Claus Father Christmas
Saran Wrap Cling Film
Savings Bank Building Society
Scotch tape Sticky tape
Sewing thread Cotton
Shopping Cart Supermarket Trolley
Shrimp Prawn
Sidewalk Pavement
Sleep Kip, doss
Slowpoke Slowcoach
Small flapjack, served with tea Crumpet
Sneakers Trainers
Soda Coldrink, soft drink
Squash Marrow
State Province
Station Wagon Estate
Steal Nick, pinch
Store Shop (in US Shop is only a verb)
Stove - burners Hob - hot plates
Street car Tram
Stroller Push chair
Students (at school) Pupils
Studio apartment Bedsitter
Study, learn hard Swot
Stupid Daft
Styrofoam Polystyrene
Subway Underground / Tube
Suspenders Braces
Sweater (pullover) Jumper or jersey
TV, Television Telly
Take out (as in fast food) Takeaway
Taxi stand Taxi rank
Thumb tack Drawing pin
Ticket (Midwest for restaurant check) Bill
Tired Knackered
Toilet Loo
Traffic circle Roundabout
Traffic light, stop light Robot, traffic light
Trash Rubbish
Truck Lorry
Tram Cable car
Trunk (on a car) Boot
Turnpike, Interstate Freeway, Motorway
Umbrella Brolley
Undershirt Vest
Unemployed On the dole
Unemployment checks Giros
Vacation Holiday
Valence (window) Pelmet
VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) Video Machine
Vest Waist Coat
Vice-president Director
Visit with Gossip, catch up with events
Windshield Windscreen
Wrench Spanner
Y'all (used in Midwest and South) You lot
Yard Garden
Zee (the letter as in XYZ) Zed
Zip Code Postal Code
Zucchini Courgettes, baby marrows