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American-British
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Americanisms |
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B C D E
F G H
I J
K L M N
O P Q
R S T
U V W
X Y Z
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| cab |
taxi |
| cabana |
beach
hut |
| cabinet |
cupboard |
| caboose (railroad) |
guard's
van; on goods train a carriage for workmen |
| calico |
patterned, usually cheap cotton cloth |
| call
collect |
reverse
the charge(s), have recipient pay for a call |
| campaign
bus |
battle
bus (for politician in national election) |
| campground |
campsite,
camping site |
| can
(food type) |
tin |
| candy |
sweets |
| candy
store |
sweetshop |
| canned
food |
tinned
food |
| Captain (U.S. Air Force) |
Flight Lieutenant (Royal Air
Force) |
| car driver |
motorist,
car driver |
| caravan |
covered
lorry or wagon; convoy of such vehicles travelling together for security |
| card
file |
card
index |
| caregiver |
carer |
| carnival
(traveling outdoor amusement show) |
funfair;
sometimes a fête |
| carryout
(food) |
takeaway |
| cart |
trolley (for shopping
or luggage) |
| casket
[euph.] |
coffin |
| cast
('He had his arm in a cast [of plaster of Paris] ') |
plaster
[U] ('He had his arm in plaster.') |
| cell phone |
mobile,
mobile phone |
| cement
truck |
cement
lorry, cement mixer |
| certified mail |
recorded
delivery, registered post |
|
chairman of the board |
managing
director |
| charity
bazaar |
fête
(outdoor), jumble sale |
| check
(n.) |
cheque
(form of payment); bill
(in restaurant, etc.) |
| check
(v.); check mark (n.) |
tick P
(given for correct
answers) |
| checked
pattern |
check
pattern |
| checker
(supermarket) |
cashier |
| checkers
(board game) |
draughts |
| checking
account |
current
account |
| checkroom
(in hotel, restaurant, theater, etc.) |
cloakroom |
| cheesecloth |
butter
muslin |
| chicory,
chicory crown |
endive,
curly endive |
| chick
[slang] (girl) |
bird
[slang] |
| Chief Master Sergeant
(U.S. Air Force) |
Warrant Officer
(Royal Air Force) |
|
Chief Warrant Officer (U.S. Air Force) |
Pilot Officer (Royal Air Force) |
| Chief Warrant
Officer (U.S. Army & U.S. Marine Corps) |
2nd
Lieutenant (British Army
& Royal Marines) |
| Chief Warrant Officer (U.S. Navy) |
Acting
Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy) |
| chipper |
cheerful |
| chips,
potato chips |
crisps,
potato crisps |
| chowder |
rich,
usually sea-food based soup |
| chum |
chopped
fish used as bait |
| chutes
and ladders (children's board game) |
snakes
and ladders |
| cinder
block |
breeze
block |
| circuit
(breaker) box |
mains,
the |
| clambake |
seafood
picnic, esp. beach party |
| claw
(e.g. on a crab) |
pincer |
| cleat |
metal
or hard plastic stud on sole of shoe |
| clerk
(in office or store) |
assistant |
| climate control system |
air-conditioning |
| clinker
[colloq.] (mistake or blunder) |
clanger
[slang] (as in 'to drop a clanger') |
| closet |
cupboard;
wardrobe |
| clothes
pin |
clothes
peg |
| coach class |
economy
class |
| coaster
(small mat put under a glass to protect table) |
drip-mat |
| coat
check girl |
cloakroom
attendant |
| coin
laundry |
launderette |
| coin locker |
left luggage locker |
| collar
stay |
collar
stiffener |
| collect call |
reverse
charge call |
| collect
on delivery (COD) |
cash
on delivery (COD) |
| college |
university |
| college graduate |
postgraduate |
| Colonel (U.S. Air Force) |
Group Captain (Royal Air Force) |
| combine |
combine
harvester |
| comforter
(thick, soft
quilt with detachable cover) |
continental
quilt, duvet |
| commencement |
graduation
ceremony |
| commode
[euph.] |
lavatory
(the receptacle itself) |
| commuter pass |
season
ticket |
| concert master |
leader,
leading violinist |
| condominium |
flat (individually owned) |
| conductor
(on train) |
guard |
| confectioners' sugar |
icing
sugar |
| container
(of yoghurt, cream, etc.) |
pot |
| cookbook |
cookery
book |
| cookie |
bickie
[colloq.], biscuit |
| cooler |
fridge,
refrigerator; cool box |
| cop
[colloq.] (police officer) |
copper,
cop; the fuzz (police force) [all colloq.] |
| cord
(electrical) |
flex,
wire, lead |
| corn |
sweet corn,
corn on the cob |
| cornstarch |
cornflour |
| Corporal
> Specialist 4 (U.S. Army) |
Corporal
(British Army) |
| correction fluid
(to hide typing errors, etc.) |
Tipp-Ex™ |
| costumes party |
fancy dress party |
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cotton balls, cotton batting |
cotton
wool |
| cotton
candy |
candyfloss |
| couch |
sofa,
settee |
| cougar
(panther) |
puma |
| counter |
work surface
(e.g.
in a kitchen) |
| counter-clockwise |
anti-clockwise |
| county
fair |
agricultural
show (with funfair and entertainments) |
| coverage
(insurance) |
cover |
| cover
letter |
covering
letter |
| cracker
(unsweetened biscuit) |
cheese
biscuit, cracker |
| cram
(study hard before an exam) |
swot,
mug up
[slang] |
| crane
fly |
daddy
longlegs [colloq.] |
| crawfish |
crayfish |
| crazy bone |
funny
bone |
| cream
of wheat |
semolina
(pudding) |
| creek |
tributary (of a river) |
| crescent moon |
new
moon |
| crosswalk |
zebra crossing,
pedestrian crossing |
| cup
noodles (Japanese English?) |
pot
noodles |
| curb |
kerb |
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