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American-British Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic communication

Index of Americanisms

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K

American

British

kerosene paraffin
ketchup tomato sauce, ketchup
kettle (in U.S.) metal cooking pot with lid (e.g. 'fish kettle'); Americans refer to the British type, water-boiling kettle as a 'teakettle'
kibitz (v.) chat; offer unwanted advice, esp. during card games
kindergarten first year at school in the U.S., which corresponds to
infant school in the U.K. 
kindergartner infant (U.K. schoolchild under 7)
kitchen stove (with oven and grill) cooker
Kleenex™ tissue, paper handkerchief
knickers knickerbockers; plus fours (these are baggy)
knock (on) wood  (said when hoping for luck) touch wood 
knock up [slang]   put in the family way [colloq.], make pregnant
knucklehead [colloq.] (idiot, stupid person) blockhead, pinhead, jackass, twit [all colloq.], cretin 

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