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Amsler: /* P */

2009-03-28T22:07:01Z

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	* parting [Hair] (British) = part [Hair] (American)		* parting [Hair] (British) = part [Hair] (American)
	* patience (British) = solitaire (American)		* patience (British) = solitaire (American)
			* patrol wagon (British) = paddy wagon (slang) (American)
	* pavement (British) = sidewalk (American)		* pavement (British) = sidewalk (American)
	* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)		* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)
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	* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)		* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)
	* put off (British) = put over (American)		* put off (British) = put over (American)

	== Q ==		== Q ==
	* quadrillion (British) = septillion (American)		* quadrillion (British) = septillion (American)

Amsler at 22:01, 28 March 2009

2009-03-28T22:01:22Z

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	== H ==		== H ==
	* hairtail (British) = cutlass fish (American)		* hairtail (British) = cutlass fish (American)
			* have a canary (British) = have a cow (American)
			* have kittens (British) = have a cow (American)
	* hemidemisemiquaver (British) = sixty-fourth note (American)		* hemidemisemiquaver (British) = sixty-fourth note (American)
	* hemlock (British) = poison hemlock (American)		* hemlock (British) = poison hemlock (American)
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	* kennel (British) = doghouse (American)		* kennel (British) = doghouse (American)
	* King's Scout (British) = Eagle Scout (American)		* King's Scout (British) = Eagle Scout (American)
	* kiss curl (British) = spit curl ~~(American)~~		* kiss curl [Hair] (British) = spit curl [Hair] (American)
	* kitten (British) = have a cow (American)
	== L ==		== L ==
	* ladybird (British) = ladybug (American)		* ladybird (British) = ladybug (American)
	* leader (British) = leading article (American)
	* leader [Journalism] (British) = leading article [Journalism] (American)		* leader [Journalism] (British) = leading article [Journalism] (American)
	* left-luggage office (British) = checkroom (American)		* left-luggage office (British) = checkroom (American)
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	== M ==		== M ==
	* maize (British) = corn (American)		* maize (British) = corn (American)
	* market gardening (British) = ~~trucking~~ (American)		* market gardening (British) = truck farming (American)
	* mepacrine (British) = quinacrine (American)		* mepacrine (British) = quinacrine (American)
	* mileometer (British) = odometer (American)		* mileometer (British) = odometer (American)
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	* mobile library (British) = bookmobile (American)		* mobile library (British) = bookmobile (American)
	* motorway (British) = superhighway (American)		* motorway (British) = superhighway (American)
	* MTB (British) = PT boat (American)		* MTB (Motor Torpedo Boat) (British) = PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat (American)
	* mudguard (British) = fender (American)		* mudguard (British) = fender (American)
	* music hall (British) = vaudeville (American)		* music hall (British) = vaudeville (American)
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	* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)		* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)
	* peg (British) = clothespin (American)		* peg (British) = clothespin (American)
	* penny-farthing (British) = ordinary (American)		* penny-farthing [Bicycle] (British) = ordinary (American)
	* pepperwort (British) = peppergrass (American)		* pepperwort (British) = peppergrass (American)
	* pernickety (British) = persnickety (American)		* pernickety (British) = persnickety (American)
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	* platelayer (British) = trackman (American)		* platelayer (British) = trackman (American)
	* Plough (British) = the Big Dipper (American)		* Plough (British) = the Big Dipper (American)
	* point (British) = switch (American)		* point [Railway] (British) = switch [Railroad] (American)
	* pointsman (British) = switchman (American)		* pointsman [Railway] (British) = switchman [Railroad] (American)
	* post (British) = mail (American)		* post (British) = mail (American)
	* postcode (British) = zip code (American)		* postcode (British) = zip code (American)
	* pram (British) = baby carriage (American)		* pram (British) = baby carriage (American)
	* preference shares (British) = preferred stock (American)		* preference shares (British) = preferred stock (American)
	* press-up (British) = push-up (American)		* press-up [Exercise] (British) = push-up [Exercise](American)
	* prise (British) = pry (American)		* prise (British) = pry (American)
	* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)		* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)
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	* ragworm (British) = clamworm (American)		* ragworm (British) = clamworm (American)
	* railway (British) = railroad (American)		* railway (British) = railroad (American)
	* ~~rain~~ (British) = rained out (American)		* rained off (British) = rained out (American)
	* razor-shell (British) = razor clam (American)		* razor-shell (British) = razor clam (American)
	* real tennis (British) = court tennis (American)		* real tennis (British) = court tennis (American)
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	* rucksack (British) = backpack (American)		* rucksack (British) = backpack (American)
	== S ==		== S ==
	* saloon (British) = sedan (American)		* saloon [Vehicle] (British) = sedan [Vehicle] (American)
	* sawhorse (British) = buck (American)		* sawhorse (British) = buck (American)
	* sea ranger (British) = mariner (American)		* sea ranger (British) = mariner (American)
	* second floor (British) = third floor (American)		* second floor (British) = third floor (American)
	* semibreve (British) = whole note (American)		* semibreve [Music] (British) = whole note [Music] (American)
	* semiquaver (British) = sixteenth note (American)		* semiquaver [Music] (British) = sixteenth note [Music] (American)
	* share certificate (British) = stock certificate (American)		* share certificate (British) = stock certificate (American)
	* sharpen (vb.) [Music] (British) = sharp (vb.) [Music] (American)		* sharpen (vb.) [Music] (British) = sharp (vb.) [Music] (American)

Amsler: /* A */

2009-03-28T21:32:15Z

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	* ankle sock (British) = anklet (American)		* ankle sock (British) = anklet (American)
	* anticlockwise (British) = counterclockwise (American)		* anticlockwise (British) = counterclockwise (American)
	* apartment(British) = flat (American)
	* Armistice Day (British) = Veterans Day (American)		* Armistice Day (British) = Veterans Day (American)
	* arse (British) = ass (American)		* arse (British) = ass (American)
	* articulated lorry (British) = trailer truck (American)		* articulated lorry (British) = trailer truck (American)
	* aubergine (British) = eggplant (American)		* aubergine (British) = eggplant (American)

	== B ==		== B ==
	* Baby-walker [TM] (British) = go-cart (American)		* Baby-walker [TM] (British) = go-cart (American)

Amsler at 17:55, 24 March 2009

2009-03-24T17:55:10Z

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			Here are some British/American differences based in part on information from the Collins English Dictionary (1979):

	== A ==		== A ==
	* action replay (British) = instant replay (American)		* action replay (British) = instant replay (American)

Amsler: New page: == A == * action replay (British) = instant replay (American) * adrenaline (British) = epinephrine (American) * Akela (British) = Den Mother (American) * Alsatian (British) = German shephe...

2009-03-24T17:49:34Z

New page: == A == * action replay (British) = instant replay (American) * adrenaline (British) = epinephrine (American) * Akela (British) = Den Mother (American) * Alsatian (British) = German shephe...

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== A ==
* action replay (British) = instant replay (American)
* adrenaline (British) = epinephrine (American)
* Akela (British) = Den Mother (American)
* Alsatian (British) = German shepherd (American)
* anaesthetics (British) = anesthesiology (American)
* anaesthetist (British) = anesthesiologist (American)
* ankle sock (British) = anklet (American)
* anticlockwise (British) = counterclockwise (American)
* apartment(British) = flat (American)
* Armistice Day (British) = Veterans Day (American)
* arse (British) = ass (American)
* articulated lorry (British) = trailer truck (American)
* aubergine (British) = eggplant (American)
== B ==
* Baby-walker [TM] (British) = go-cart (American)
* back boiler (British) = water back (American)
* bank clerk (British) = teller (American)
* bank holiday (British) = legal holiday (American)
* bearing rein (British) = checkrein (American)
* beetroot (British) = red beet (American)
* bill (British) = check (American)
* bill of lading (British) = waybill (American)
* billion (British) = trillion (American)
* biscuit (British) = cookie (American)
* Black Maria (British) = patrol wagon (American)
* black pudding (British) = blood sausage (American)
* blackboard (British) = chalkboard (American)
* blinkers [Horses,etc.] (British) = blinders [Horses,etc.] (American)
* blow one's own trumpet (British) = horn (American)
* blowlamp (British) = blowtorch (American)
* blowpipe (British) = blowgun (American)
* blue-eyed boy (British) = fair-haired boy (American)
* bookstall (British) = newsstand (American)
* boot (British) = trunk (American)
* bottom drawer (British) = hope chest (American)
* bowler (British) = derby (American)
* braces (British) = suspenders (American)
* brake van (British) = caboose (American)
* break (British) = recess (American)
* Breathalyzer (British) = drunkometer (American)
* buttonhole (British) = boutonniere (American)
== C ==
* calamine (British) = smithsonite (American)
* Camberwell beauty (British) = mourning cloak (American)
* candyfloss (British) = cotton candy (American)
* cannon (British) = carom (American)
* car park (British) = parking lot (American)
* caravan (British) = trailer (American)
* cartoon (British) = comic strip (American)
* cash on delivery (British) = collect on delivery (American)
* catapult (British) = slingshot (American)
* catch pit (British) = catch basin (American)
* cattle truck (British) = stock car (American)
* central reserve (British) = median strip (American)
* chips (British) = French fries (American)
* cine camera (British) = movie camera (American)
* cine film (British) = movie film (American)
* claw setting (British) = Tiffany setting (American)
* combinations (British) = union suit (American)
* cornflour (British) = cornstarch (American)
* cos (British) = romaine (American)
* cotton wool (British) = absorbent cotton (American)
* counterfoil (British) = stub (American)
* county town (British) = county seat (American)
* coupling [Electronics] (British) = coupler [Electronics] (American)
* courgette (British) = zucchini (American)
* court card (British) = face card (American)
* creeping thistle (British) = Canada thistle (American)
* crisp (British) = potato chip (American)
* crotchet (British) = quarter note (American)
* current account (British) = checking account (American)
* cutthroat (British) = straight razor (American)
== D ==
* delivery van (British) = panel truck (American)
* demisemiquaver (British) = thirty-second note (American)
* dicky (British) = rumble seat (American)
* dinner jacket (British) = tuxedo (American)
* dip (British) = dim (American)
* dip [Lighting] (British) = dim [Lighting] (American)
* diver (British) = loon (American)
* docker (British) = longshoreman (American)
* dosshouse (British) = flophouse (American)
* double-declutch (British) = double-clutch (American)
* double saucepan (British) = double boiler (American)
* double up (British) = parlay (American)
* downpipe (British) = downspout (American)
* draught (British) = checker (American)
* draughts (British) = checkers (American)
* draughtsman (British) = checker (American)
* drawknife (British) = spokeshave (American)
* dual carriageway (British) = divided highway (American)
* dumbwaiter (British) = lazy Susan (American)
* dummy (British) = pacifier (American)
* dust coat (British) = duster (American)
* dustbin (British) = ash can (American)
* dustbin (British) = garbage can (American)
* dustcart (British) = garbage truck (American)
* duster (British) = dust cloth (American)
== E ==
* earth (n.) [Electrical] (British) = ground (n.) [Electrical] (American)
* earth (vb.) [Aircraft/pilot/etc.] (British) = ground (vb.) [Aircraft/Pilot/etc.] (American)
* electric chair (British) = hot seat (American slang)
* engaged tone (British) = busy signal (American)
* episcope (British) = opaque projector (American)
* ergonomics (British) = biotechnology (American)
* estate agent (British) = realtor (American)
* ex-directory (British) = unlisted (American)
* filling station (British) = gas station (American)
* film (British) = motion picture (American)
* filmset (British) = photocompose (American)
* filmsetting (British) = photocomposition (American)
* fin (British) = vertical stabilizer (American)
* financial year (British) = fiscal year (American)
* fireman (British) = fire boss (American)
* first floor (British) = second floor (American)
* flannel (British) = washcloth (American)
* flat (British) = apartment (American)
* flatten (vb.) [Music] (British) = flat (vb.) [Music] (American)
* fleabane (British) = horseweed (American)
* flex (British) = cord (American)
* flick knife (British) = switchblade (American)
* float (British) = flutterboard (American)
* follow-my-leader (British) = follow-the-leader (American)
* foreign minister (British) = secretary of state (American)
* foreign office (British) = state department (American)
* four-stroke (British) = four-cycle (American)
* frame (British) = rack (American)
* French fried potatoes (British) = French fries (American)
* French windows (British) = French doors (American)
* friendly society (British) = benefit association (American)
* friendly society (British) = benefit society (American)
* Friesian (British) = Holstein (American)
* full stop (British) = period (American)
* funeral parlour (British) = funeral home (American)
== G ==
* gammy (British) = gimpy (American)
* garden (British) = yard (American)
* germander speedwell (British) = bird's-eye speedwell (American)
* gillion (British) = billion (American)
* glaze ice (British) = glaze (American)
* glazing-bar (British) = muntin (American)
* go-slow (British) = slowdown (American)
* grammar school (British) = elementary school (American)
* gramophone (British) = phonograph (American)
* green fingers (British) = green thumb (American)
* grey mullet (British) = mullet (American)
* grill (British) = broil (American)
* guard's van (British) = caboose (American)
* gudgeon pin (British) = wrist pin (American)
* Guide (British) = Girl Scout (American)
== H ==
* hairtail (British) = cutlass fish (American)
* hemidemisemiquaver (British) = sixty-fourth note (American)
* hemlock (British) = poison hemlock (American)
* herdsman (British) = herder (American)
* hide (British) = blind (American)
* hipsters (British) = hip-huggers (American)
* hire-purchase (British) = installment buying (American)
* holdall (British) = carryall (American)
* holiday (British) = vacation (American)
* horseman (British) = caballero (American)
* hot up (British) = hop up (American slang)
* houseman (British) = intern (American)
== I ==
* icing sugar (British) = confectioners' sugar (American)
* industrial estate (British) = industrial park (American)
* Inland Revenue (British) = Internal Revenue (American)
* insulating tape (British) = friction tape (American)
* invigilate (British) = proctor (American)
* ironmonger (British) = hardware dealer (American)
== J ==
* jelly (British) = jello (American)
* jelly (British) = Jello [TM] brand gelatin
* jug (British) = pitcher (American)
* juice extractor (British) = juicer (American)
* jumble sale (British) = rummage sale (American)
* jump leads (British) = jumper cables (American)
== K ==
* kennel (British) = doghouse (American)
* King's Scout (British) = Eagle Scout (American)
* kiss curl (British) = spit curl (American)
* kitten (British) = have a cow (American)
== L ==
* ladybird (British) = ladybug (American)
* leader (British) = leading article (American)
* leader [Journalism] (British) = leading article [Journalism] (American)
* left-luggage office (British) = checkroom (American)
* level crossing (British) = grade crossing (American)
* lift (British) = elevator (American)
* light engine (British) = wildcat (American)
* lignocaine (British) = lidocaine (American)
* linesman (British) = lineman (American)
* local authority (British) = local government (American)
* long jump (British) = broad jump (American)
* loose cover (British) = slipcover (American)
* lorry (British) = truck (American)
* loud-hailer (British) = bullhorn (American)
* loudspeaker van (British) = sound truck (American)
* Ltd. (British) = Inc. (American)
* luggage van (British) = baggage car (American)
* lumberjacket (British) = lumberjack (American)
* luncheon voucher (British) = meal ticket (American)
== M ==
* maize (British) = corn (American)
* market gardening (British) = trucking (American)
* mepacrine (British) = quinacrine (American)
* mileometer (British) = odometer (American)
* millefeuille (British) = napoleon (American)
* milliard (British) = billion (American)
* mineral (British) = soda (American)
* minim (British) = half-note (American)
* misplaced modifier (British) = dangling participle (American)
* mobile library (British) = bookmobile (American)
* motorway (British) = superhighway (American)
* MTB (British) = PT boat (American)
* mudguard (British) = fender (American)
* music hall (British) = vaudeville (American)
== N ==
* nappy (British) = diaper (American)
* natural [Music] (British) = cancel [Music] (American)
* new wool (British) = virgin wool (American)
* Nissen hut (British) = Quonset hut (American)
* noradrenaline (British) = norepinephrine (American)
* notice board (British) = bulletin board (American)
* noughts and crosses (British) = crisscross (American)
* noughts and crosses (British) = tick-tack-toe (American)
* numberplate (British) = license plate (American)
== O ==
* odd fish (British) = oddball (American)
* off-licence (British) = package store (American)
* on the cards (British) = in the cards (American)
* open day (British) = open house (American)
* ordinary shares (British) = common stock (American)
* overhead-valve engine (British) = valve-in-head engine (American)
== P ==
* packet [Container] (British) = package [Container] (American)
* pants (British) = shorts (American)
* parting (British) = part (American)
* parting [Hair] (British) = part [Hair] (American)
* patience (British) = solitaire (American)
* pavement (British) = sidewalk (American)
* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)
* peg (British) = clothespin (American)
* penny-farthing (British) = ordinary (American)
* pepperwort (British) = peppergrass (American)
* pernickety (British) = persnickety (American)
* petrol (British) = gas (American)
* petrol (British) = gasoline (American)
* pharmacist (British) = druggist (American)
* pinafore dress (British) = jumper (American)
* platelayer (British) = trackman (American)
* Plough (British) = the Big Dipper (American)
* point (British) = switch (American)
* pointsman (British) = switchman (American)
* post (British) = mail (American)
* postcode (British) = zip code (American)
* pram (British) = baby carriage (American)
* preference shares (British) = preferred stock (American)
* press-up (British) = push-up (American)
* prise (British) = pry (American)
* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)
* put off (British) = put over (American)
== Q ==
* quadrillion (British) = septillion (American)
* quaver (British) = eighth note (American)
* queen's evidence (British) = state's evidence (American)
* Queen's Scout (British) = Eagle Scout (American)
* queue (British) = line (American)
* quin (British) = quint (American)
* quintillion (British) = nonillion (American)
== R ==
* racecourse (British) = racetrack (American)
* rag-and-bone man (British) = junkman (American)
* ragworm (British) = clamworm (American)
* railway (British) = railroad (American)
* rain (British) = rained out (American)
* razor-shell (British) = razor clam (American)
* real tennis (British) = court tennis (American)
* red mullet (British) = goatfish (American)
* reel (British) = spool (American)
* relative majority (British) = plurality (American)
* repertory company (British) = stock company (American)
* request stop (British) = flag stop (American)
* resale price maintenance (British) = fair trade (American)
* reserve price (British) = upset price (American)
* return ticket (British) = round-trip ticket (American)
* right-angled triangle (British) = right triangle (American)
* rise (British) = raise (American)
* roundabout (British) = traffic circle (American)
* rowing boat (British) = rowboat (American)
* rowlock (British) = oarlock (American)
* rucksack (British) = backpack (American)
== S ==
* saloon (British) = sedan (American)
* sawhorse (British) = buck (American)
* sea ranger (British) = mariner (American)
* second floor (British) = third floor (American)
* semibreve (British) = whole note (American)
* semiquaver (British) = sixteenth note (American)
* share certificate (British) = stock certificate (American)
* sharpen (vb.) [Music] (British) = sharp (vb.) [Music] (American)
* sherbet (British) = sorbet (American)
* shopsoiled (British) = shopworn (American)
* shopwalker (British) = floorwalker (American)
* shorthand typist (British) = stenographer (American)
* side [Billiards] (British) = english [Billiards] (American)
* sideboards (British) = sideburns (American)
* silencer (British) = muffler (American)
* single ticket (British) = one-way ticket (American)
* sit out (vb.) [Sailing] (British) = hike out (vb.) [Sailing] (American)
* skirting board (British) = baseboard (American)
* skirting board (British) = mopboard (American)
* skirting board (British) = washboard (American)
* slap-bang (British) = slam-bang (American)
* sleeper (British) = tie (American)
* sleeve (British) = jacket (American)
* sleeving (British) = spaghetti (American)
* slide (British) = barrette (American)
* slowcoach (British) = slowpoke (American)
* socket (British) = outlet (American)
* splodge (British) = splotch (American)
* spur (British) = gad (American West)
* stable door (British) = Dutch door (American)
* staff (British) = rod (American)
* steam organ (British) = calliope (American)
* stick insect (British) = walking stick (American)
* sticking plaster (British) = adhesive tape (American)
* stockbroker belt (British) = exurbia (American)
* stony-broke (British) = stone-broke (American)
* storm (British) = tempest in a teapot (American)
* straight (British) = straightaway (American)
* subscriber trunk dialling (British) = direct distance dialing (American)
* sunray pleats (British) = sunburst pleats (American)
* suspender (British) = garter (American)
* suspender belt (British) = garter belt (American)
* swallow dive (British) = swan dive (American)
* swede (British) = rutabaga (American)
* sweet shop (British) = candy store (American)
* swimming costume (British) = bathing suit (American)
* swine fever (British) = hog cholera (American)
== T ==
* takeaway (British) = takeout (American)
* tallboy (British) = highboy (American)
* tap (British) = faucet (American)
* tape machine (British) = ticker (American)
* tapping (British) = tap (American)
* tea towel (British) = dishtowel (American)
* tea trolley (British) = tea cart (American)
* teleprinter (British) = teletypewriter (American)
* terraced house (British) = row house (American)
* thorn apple (British) = jimson weed (American)
* tick (British) = check (American)
* tie (British) = necktie (American)
* timber (British) = lumber (American)
* timberyard (British) = lumberyard (American)
* torch (British) = flashlight (American)
* torsk (British) = cusk (American)
* town planning (British) = city planning (American)
* trapezium (British) = trapezoid (American)
* trillion (British) = quintillion (American)
* trouser suit (British) = pantsuit (American)
* trousers (British) = wear the pants (American)
* tube (British) = subway (American)
* turn up (British) = cuff (American)
* turntable ladder (British) = aerial ladder (American)
* two-stroke (British) = two-cycle (American)
== U ==
* underground (British) = subway (American)
* underseal (British) = undercoat (American)
== V ==
* valve (British) = vacuum tube (American)
* van [Tennis] (British) = ad [Tennis] (American)
* Venture Scout (British) = Explorer (American)
* vest (British) = T-shirt, undershirt (American)
* vest (British) = undershirt (American)
* veterinary surgeon (British) = veterinarian (American)
* Virginia creeper (British) = Boston ivy (American)
* visiting card (British) = calling card (American)
== W ==
* waistcoat (British) = vest (American)
* wallet (British) = billfold (American)
* War of American Independence (British) = American Revolution (American)
* warden (British) = ranger (American)
* wastepaper basket (British) = wastebasket (American)
* watchstrap (British) = watchband (American)
* water diviner (British) = waterfinder (American)
* wholemeal (British) = whole-wheat (American)
* windmill (British) = pinwheel (American)
* windscreen (British) = windshield (American)
* windscreen wiper (British) = windshield wiper (American)
* wing (British) = fender (American)
* wintergreen (British) = shinleaf (American)
* working day (British) = workday (American)
== Z ==
* zed (British) = zee (American)
* zip (British) = zipper (American)