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2009-03-28T22:07:01Z
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<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:07, 28 March 2009</td>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* patrol wagon (British) = paddy wagon (slang) (American)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pavement (British) = sidewalk (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pavement (British) = sidewalk (American)</div></td></tr>
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Amsler
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Amsler at 22:01, 28 March 2009
2009-03-28T22:01:22Z
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* hairtail (British) = cutlass fish (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* hairtail (British) = cutlass fish (American)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* kiss curl (British) = spit curl <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(American)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* kiss curl <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Hair] </ins>(British) = spit curl <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Hair] </ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* kitten (British) = have a cow </del>(American)</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ladybird (British) = ladybug (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ladybird (British) = ladybug (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* leader (British) = leading article (American)</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* peg (British) = clothespin (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* peg (British) = clothespin (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* penny-farthing (British) = ordinary (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* penny-farthing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Bicycle] </ins>(British) = ordinary (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pepperwort (British) = peppergrass (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pepperwort (British) = peppergrass (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pernickety (British) = persnickety (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pernickety (British) = persnickety (American)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* platelayer (British) = trackman (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* platelayer (British) = trackman (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Plough (British) = the Big Dipper (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Plough (British) = the Big Dipper (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* point (British) = switch (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* point <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Railway] </ins>(British) = switch <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Railroad] </ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pointsman (British) = switchman (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pointsman <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Railway] </ins>(British) = switchman <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Railroad] </ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* post (British) = mail (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* post (British) = mail (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* postcode (British) = zip code (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* postcode (British) = zip code (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pram (British) = baby carriage (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pram (British) = baby carriage (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* preference shares (British) = preferred stock (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* preference shares (British) = preferred stock (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* press-up (British) = push-up (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* press-up <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Exercise] </ins>(British) = push-up <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Exercise]</ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* prise (British) = pry (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* prise (British) = pry (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)</div></td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 277:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ragworm (British) = clamworm (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ragworm (British) = clamworm (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* railway (British) = railroad (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* railway (British) = railroad (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rain </del>(British) = rained out (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rained off </ins>(British) = rained out (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* razor-shell (British) = razor clam (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* razor-shell (British) = razor clam (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* real tennis (British) = court tennis (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* real tennis (British) = court tennis (American)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* rucksack (British) = backpack (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* rucksack (British) = backpack (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== S ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== S ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* saloon (British) = sedan (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* saloon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Vehicle] </ins>(British) = sedan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Vehicle] </ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sawhorse (British) = buck (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sawhorse (British) = buck (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sea ranger (British) = mariner (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sea ranger (British) = mariner (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* second floor (British) = third floor (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* second floor (British) = third floor (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* semibreve (British) = whole note (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* semibreve <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Music] </ins>(British) = whole note <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Music] </ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* semiquaver (British) = sixteenth note (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* semiquaver <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Music] </ins>(British) = sixteenth note <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Music] </ins>(American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* share certificate (British) = stock certificate (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* share certificate (British) = stock certificate (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sharpen (vb.) [Music] (British) = sharp (vb.) [Music] (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sharpen (vb.) [Music] (British) = sharp (vb.) [Music] (American)</div></td></tr>
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Amsler
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Amsler: /* A */
2009-03-28T21:32:15Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ankle sock (British) = anklet (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ankle sock (British) = anklet (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* anticlockwise (British) = counterclockwise (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* anticlockwise (British) = counterclockwise (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* apartment(British) = flat (American)</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Armistice Day (British) = Veterans Day (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Armistice Day (British) = Veterans Day (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* arse (British) = ass (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* arse (British) = ass (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* articulated lorry (British) = trailer truck (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* articulated lorry (British) = trailer truck (American)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* aubergine (British) = eggplant (American)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* aubergine (British) = eggplant (American)</div></td></tr>
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Amsler
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Amsler
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Amsler: 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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<p>New page: == A == * action replay (British) = instant replay (American) * adrenaline (British) = epinephrine (American) * Akela (British) = Den Mother (American) * Alsatian (British) = German shephe...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== A ==<br />
* action replay (British) = instant replay (American)<br />
* adrenaline (British) = epinephrine (American)<br />
* Akela (British) = Den Mother (American)<br />
* Alsatian (British) = German shepherd (American)<br />
* anaesthetics (British) = anesthesiology (American)<br />
* anaesthetist (British) = anesthesiologist (American)<br />
* ankle sock (British) = anklet (American)<br />
* anticlockwise (British) = counterclockwise (American)<br />
* apartment(British) = flat (American)<br />
* Armistice Day (British) = Veterans Day (American)<br />
* arse (British) = ass (American)<br />
* articulated lorry (British) = trailer truck (American)<br />
* aubergine (British) = eggplant (American)<br />
== B ==<br />
* Baby-walker [TM] (British) = go-cart (American)<br />
* back boiler (British) = water back (American)<br />
* bank clerk (British) = teller (American)<br />
* bank holiday (British) = legal holiday (American)<br />
* bearing rein (British) = checkrein (American)<br />
* beetroot (British) = red beet (American)<br />
* bill (British) = check (American)<br />
* bill of lading (British) = waybill (American)<br />
* billion (British) = trillion (American)<br />
* biscuit (British) = cookie (American)<br />
* Black Maria (British) = patrol wagon (American)<br />
* black pudding (British) = blood sausage (American)<br />
* blackboard (British) = chalkboard (American)<br />
* blinkers [Horses,etc.] (British) = blinders [Horses,etc.] (American)<br />
* blow one's own trumpet (British) = horn (American)<br />
* blowlamp (British) = blowtorch (American)<br />
* blowpipe (British) = blowgun (American)<br />
* blue-eyed boy (British) = fair-haired boy (American)<br />
* bookstall (British) = newsstand (American)<br />
* boot (British) = trunk (American)<br />
* bottom drawer (British) = hope chest (American)<br />
* bowler (British) = derby (American)<br />
* braces (British) = suspenders (American)<br />
* brake van (British) = caboose (American)<br />
* break (British) = recess (American)<br />
* Breathalyzer (British) = drunkometer (American)<br />
* buttonhole (British) = boutonniere (American)<br />
== C ==<br />
* calamine (British) = smithsonite (American)<br />
* Camberwell beauty (British) = mourning cloak (American)<br />
* candyfloss (British) = cotton candy (American)<br />
* cannon (British) = carom (American)<br />
* car park (British) = parking lot (American)<br />
* caravan (British) = trailer (American)<br />
* cartoon (British) = comic strip (American)<br />
* cash on delivery (British) = collect on delivery (American)<br />
* catapult (British) = slingshot (American)<br />
* catch pit (British) = catch basin (American)<br />
* cattle truck (British) = stock car (American)<br />
* central reserve (British) = median strip (American)<br />
* chips (British) = French fries (American)<br />
* cine camera (British) = movie camera (American)<br />
* cine film (British) = movie film (American)<br />
* claw setting (British) = Tiffany setting (American)<br />
* combinations (British) = union suit (American)<br />
* cornflour (British) = cornstarch (American)<br />
* cos (British) = romaine (American)<br />
* cotton wool (British) = absorbent cotton (American)<br />
* counterfoil (British) = stub (American)<br />
* county town (British) = county seat (American)<br />
* coupling [Electronics] (British) = coupler [Electronics] (American)<br />
* courgette (British) = zucchini (American)<br />
* court card (British) = face card (American)<br />
* creeping thistle (British) = Canada thistle (American)<br />
* crisp (British) = potato chip (American)<br />
* crotchet (British) = quarter note (American)<br />
* current account (British) = checking account (American)<br />
* cutthroat (British) = straight razor (American)<br />
== D ==<br />
* delivery van (British) = panel truck (American)<br />
* demisemiquaver (British) = thirty-second note (American)<br />
* dicky (British) = rumble seat (American)<br />
* dinner jacket (British) = tuxedo (American)<br />
* dip (British) = dim (American)<br />
* dip [Lighting] (British) = dim [Lighting] (American)<br />
* diver (British) = loon (American)<br />
* docker (British) = longshoreman (American)<br />
* dosshouse (British) = flophouse (American)<br />
* double-declutch (British) = double-clutch (American)<br />
* double saucepan (British) = double boiler (American)<br />
* double up (British) = parlay (American)<br />
* downpipe (British) = downspout (American)<br />
* draught (British) = checker (American)<br />
* draughts (British) = checkers (American)<br />
* draughtsman (British) = checker (American)<br />
* drawknife (British) = spokeshave (American)<br />
* dual carriageway (British) = divided highway (American)<br />
* dumbwaiter (British) = lazy Susan (American)<br />
* dummy (British) = pacifier (American)<br />
* dust coat (British) = duster (American)<br />
* dustbin (British) = ash can (American)<br />
* dustbin (British) = garbage can (American)<br />
* dustcart (British) = garbage truck (American)<br />
* duster (British) = dust cloth (American)<br />
== E ==<br />
* earth (n.) [Electrical] (British) = ground (n.) [Electrical] (American)<br />
* earth (vb.) [Aircraft/pilot/etc.] (British) = ground (vb.) [Aircraft/Pilot/etc.] (American)<br />
* electric chair (British) = hot seat (American slang)<br />
* engaged tone (British) = busy signal (American)<br />
* episcope (British) = opaque projector (American)<br />
* ergonomics (British) = biotechnology (American)<br />
* estate agent (British) = realtor (American)<br />
* ex-directory (British) = unlisted (American)<br />
* filling station (British) = gas station (American)<br />
* film (British) = motion picture (American)<br />
* filmset (British) = photocompose (American)<br />
* filmsetting (British) = photocomposition (American)<br />
* fin (British) = vertical stabilizer (American)<br />
* financial year (British) = fiscal year (American)<br />
* fireman (British) = fire boss (American)<br />
* first floor (British) = second floor (American)<br />
* flannel (British) = washcloth (American)<br />
* flat (British) = apartment (American)<br />
* flatten (vb.) [Music] (British) = flat (vb.) [Music] (American)<br />
* fleabane (British) = horseweed (American)<br />
* flex (British) = cord (American)<br />
* flick knife (British) = switchblade (American)<br />
* float (British) = flutterboard (American)<br />
* follow-my-leader (British) = follow-the-leader (American)<br />
* foreign minister (British) = secretary of state (American)<br />
* foreign office (British) = state department (American)<br />
* four-stroke (British) = four-cycle (American)<br />
* frame (British) = rack (American)<br />
* French fried potatoes (British) = French fries (American)<br />
* French windows (British) = French doors (American)<br />
* friendly society (British) = benefit association (American)<br />
* friendly society (British) = benefit society (American)<br />
* Friesian (British) = Holstein (American)<br />
* full stop (British) = period (American)<br />
* funeral parlour (British) = funeral home (American)<br />
== G ==<br />
* gammy (British) = gimpy (American)<br />
* garden (British) = yard (American)<br />
* germander speedwell (British) = bird's-eye speedwell (American)<br />
* gillion (British) = billion (American)<br />
* glaze ice (British) = glaze (American)<br />
* glazing-bar (British) = muntin (American)<br />
* go-slow (British) = slowdown (American)<br />
* grammar school (British) = elementary school (American)<br />
* gramophone (British) = phonograph (American)<br />
* green fingers (British) = green thumb (American)<br />
* grey mullet (British) = mullet (American)<br />
* grill (British) = broil (American)<br />
* guard's van (British) = caboose (American)<br />
* gudgeon pin (British) = wrist pin (American)<br />
* Guide (British) = Girl Scout (American)<br />
== H ==<br />
* hairtail (British) = cutlass fish (American)<br />
* hemidemisemiquaver (British) = sixty-fourth note (American)<br />
* hemlock (British) = poison hemlock (American)<br />
* herdsman (British) = herder (American)<br />
* hide (British) = blind (American)<br />
* hipsters (British) = hip-huggers (American)<br />
* hire-purchase (British) = installment buying (American)<br />
* holdall (British) = carryall (American)<br />
* holiday (British) = vacation (American)<br />
* horseman (British) = caballero (American)<br />
* hot up (British) = hop up (American slang)<br />
* houseman (British) = intern (American)<br />
== I ==<br />
* icing sugar (British) = confectioners' sugar (American)<br />
* industrial estate (British) = industrial park (American)<br />
* Inland Revenue (British) = Internal Revenue (American)<br />
* insulating tape (British) = friction tape (American)<br />
* invigilate (British) = proctor (American)<br />
* ironmonger (British) = hardware dealer (American)<br />
== J ==<br />
* jelly (British) = jello (American)<br />
* jelly (British) = Jello [TM] brand gelatin<br />
* jug (British) = pitcher (American)<br />
* juice extractor (British) = juicer (American)<br />
* jumble sale (British) = rummage sale (American)<br />
* jump leads (British) = jumper cables (American)<br />
== K ==<br />
* kennel (British) = doghouse (American)<br />
* King's Scout (British) = Eagle Scout (American)<br />
* kiss curl (British) = spit curl (American)<br />
* kitten (British) = have a cow (American)<br />
== L ==<br />
* ladybird (British) = ladybug (American)<br />
* leader (British) = leading article (American)<br />
* leader [Journalism] (British) = leading article [Journalism] (American)<br />
* left-luggage office (British) = checkroom (American)<br />
* level crossing (British) = grade crossing (American)<br />
* lift (British) = elevator (American)<br />
* light engine (British) = wildcat (American)<br />
* lignocaine (British) = lidocaine (American)<br />
* linesman (British) = lineman (American)<br />
* local authority (British) = local government (American)<br />
* long jump (British) = broad jump (American)<br />
* loose cover (British) = slipcover (American)<br />
* lorry (British) = truck (American)<br />
* loud-hailer (British) = bullhorn (American)<br />
* loudspeaker van (British) = sound truck (American)<br />
* Ltd. (British) = Inc. (American)<br />
* luggage van (British) = baggage car (American)<br />
* lumberjacket (British) = lumberjack (American)<br />
* luncheon voucher (British) = meal ticket (American)<br />
== M ==<br />
* maize (British) = corn (American)<br />
* market gardening (British) = trucking (American)<br />
* mepacrine (British) = quinacrine (American)<br />
* mileometer (British) = odometer (American)<br />
* millefeuille (British) = napoleon (American)<br />
* milliard (British) = billion (American)<br />
* mineral (British) = soda (American)<br />
* minim (British) = half-note (American)<br />
* misplaced modifier (British) = dangling participle (American)<br />
* mobile library (British) = bookmobile (American)<br />
* motorway (British) = superhighway (American)<br />
* MTB (British) = PT boat (American)<br />
* mudguard (British) = fender (American)<br />
* music hall (British) = vaudeville (American)<br />
== N ==<br />
* nappy (British) = diaper (American)<br />
* natural [Music] (British) = cancel [Music] (American)<br />
* new wool (British) = virgin wool (American)<br />
* Nissen hut (British) = Quonset hut (American)<br />
* noradrenaline (British) = norepinephrine (American)<br />
* notice board (British) = bulletin board (American)<br />
* noughts and crosses (British) = crisscross (American)<br />
* noughts and crosses (British) = tick-tack-toe (American)<br />
* numberplate (British) = license plate (American)<br />
== O ==<br />
* odd fish (British) = oddball (American)<br />
* off-licence (British) = package store (American)<br />
* on the cards (British) = in the cards (American)<br />
* open day (British) = open house (American)<br />
* ordinary shares (British) = common stock (American)<br />
* overhead-valve engine (British) = valve-in-head engine (American)<br />
== P ==<br />
* packet [Container] (British) = package [Container] (American)<br />
* pants (British) = shorts (American)<br />
* parting (British) = part (American)<br />
* parting [Hair] (British) = part [Hair] (American)<br />
* patience (British) = solitaire (American)<br />
* pavement (British) = sidewalk (American)<br />
* pedestrian crossing (British) = crosswalk (American)<br />
* peg (British) = clothespin (American)<br />
* penny-farthing (British) = ordinary (American)<br />
* pepperwort (British) = peppergrass (American)<br />
* pernickety (British) = persnickety (American)<br />
* petrol (British) = gas (American)<br />
* petrol (British) = gasoline (American)<br />
* pharmacist (British) = druggist (American)<br />
* pinafore dress (British) = jumper (American)<br />
* platelayer (British) = trackman (American)<br />
* Plough (British) = the Big Dipper (American)<br />
* point (British) = switch (American)<br />
* pointsman (British) = switchman (American)<br />
* post (British) = mail (American)<br />
* postcode (British) = zip code (American)<br />
* pram (British) = baby carriage (American)<br />
* preference shares (British) = preferred stock (American)<br />
* press-up (British) = push-up (American)<br />
* prise (British) = pry (American)<br />
* pushchair (British) = stroller (American)<br />
* put off (British) = put over (American)<br />
== Q ==<br />
* quadrillion (British) = septillion (American)<br />
* quaver (British) = eighth note (American)<br />
* queen's evidence (British) = state's evidence (American)<br />
* Queen's Scout (British) = Eagle Scout (American)<br />
* queue (British) = line (American)<br />
* quin (British) = quint (American)<br />
* quintillion (British) = nonillion (American)<br />
== R ==<br />
* racecourse (British) = racetrack (American)<br />
* rag-and-bone man (British) = junkman (American)<br />
* ragworm (British) = clamworm (American)<br />
* railway (British) = railroad (American)<br />
* rain (British) = rained out (American)<br />
* razor-shell (British) = razor clam (American)<br />
* real tennis (British) = court tennis (American)<br />
* red mullet (British) = goatfish (American)<br />
* reel (British) = spool (American)<br />
* relative majority (British) = plurality (American)<br />
* repertory company (British) = stock company (American)<br />
* request stop (British) = flag stop (American)<br />
* resale price maintenance (British) = fair trade (American)<br />
* reserve price (British) = upset price (American)<br />
* return ticket (British) = round-trip ticket (American)<br />
* right-angled triangle (British) = right triangle (American)<br />
* rise (British) = raise (American)<br />
* roundabout (British) = traffic circle (American)<br />
* rowing boat (British) = rowboat (American)<br />
* rowlock (British) = oarlock (American)<br />
* rucksack (British) = backpack (American)<br />
== S ==<br />
* saloon (British) = sedan (American)<br />
* sawhorse (British) = buck (American)<br />
* sea ranger (British) = mariner (American)<br />
* second floor (British) = third floor (American)<br />
* semibreve (British) = whole note (American)<br />
* semiquaver (British) = sixteenth note (American)<br />
* share certificate (British) = stock certificate (American)<br />
* sharpen (vb.) [Music] (British) = sharp (vb.) [Music] (American)<br />
* sherbet (British) = sorbet (American)<br />
* shopsoiled (British) = shopworn (American)<br />
* shopwalker (British) = floorwalker (American)<br />
* shorthand typist (British) = stenographer (American)<br />
* side [Billiards] (British) = english [Billiards] (American)<br />
* sideboards (British) = sideburns (American)<br />
* silencer (British) = muffler (American)<br />
* single ticket (British) = one-way ticket (American)<br />
* sit out (vb.) [Sailing] (British) = hike out (vb.) [Sailing] (American)<br />
* skirting board (British) = baseboard (American)<br />
* skirting board (British) = mopboard (American)<br />
* skirting board (British) = washboard (American)<br />
* slap-bang (British) = slam-bang (American)<br />
* sleeper (British) = tie (American)<br />
* sleeve (British) = jacket (American)<br />
* sleeving (British) = spaghetti (American)<br />
* slide (British) = barrette (American)<br />
* slowcoach (British) = slowpoke (American)<br />
* socket (British) = outlet (American)<br />
* splodge (British) = splotch (American)<br />
* spur (British) = gad (American West)<br />
* stable door (British) = Dutch door (American)<br />
* staff (British) = rod (American)<br />
* steam organ (British) = calliope (American)<br />
* stick insect (British) = walking stick (American)<br />
* sticking plaster (British) = adhesive tape (American)<br />
* stockbroker belt (British) = exurbia (American)<br />
* stony-broke (British) = stone-broke (American)<br />
* storm (British) = tempest in a teapot (American)<br />
* straight (British) = straightaway (American)<br />
* subscriber trunk dialling (British) = direct distance dialing (American)<br />
* sunray pleats (British) = sunburst pleats (American)<br />
* suspender (British) = garter (American)<br />
* suspender belt (British) = garter belt (American)<br />
* swallow dive (British) = swan dive (American)<br />
* swede (British) = rutabaga (American)<br />
* sweet shop (British) = candy store (American)<br />
* swimming costume (British) = bathing suit (American)<br />
* swine fever (British) = hog cholera (American)<br />
== T ==<br />
* takeaway (British) = takeout (American)<br />
* tallboy (British) = highboy (American)<br />
* tap (British) = faucet (American)<br />
* tape machine (British) = ticker (American)<br />
* tapping (British) = tap (American)<br />
* tea towel (British) = dishtowel (American)<br />
* tea trolley (British) = tea cart (American)<br />
* teleprinter (British) = teletypewriter (American)<br />
* terraced house (British) = row house (American)<br />
* thorn apple (British) = jimson weed (American)<br />
* tick (British) = check (American)<br />
* tie (British) = necktie (American)<br />
* timber (British) = lumber (American)<br />
* timberyard (British) = lumberyard (American)<br />
* torch (British) = flashlight (American)<br />
* torsk (British) = cusk (American)<br />
* town planning (British) = city planning (American)<br />
* trapezium (British) = trapezoid (American)<br />
* trillion (British) = quintillion (American)<br />
* trouser suit (British) = pantsuit (American)<br />
* trousers (British) = wear the pants (American)<br />
* tube (British) = subway (American)<br />
* turn up (British) = cuff (American)<br />
* turntable ladder (British) = aerial ladder (American)<br />
* two-stroke (British) = two-cycle (American)<br />
== U ==<br />
* underground (British) = subway (American)<br />
* underseal (British) = undercoat (American)<br />
== V ==<br />
* valve (British) = vacuum tube (American)<br />
* van [Tennis] (British) = ad [Tennis] (American)<br />
* Venture Scout (British) = Explorer (American)<br />
* vest (British) = T-shirt, undershirt (American)<br />
* vest (British) = undershirt (American)<br />
* veterinary surgeon (British) = veterinarian (American)<br />
* Virginia creeper (British) = Boston ivy (American)<br />
* visiting card (British) = calling card (American)<br />
== W ==<br />
* waistcoat (British) = vest (American)<br />
* wallet (British) = billfold (American)<br />
* War of American Independence (British) = American Revolution (American)<br />
* warden (British) = ranger (American)<br />
* wastepaper basket (British) = wastebasket (American)<br />
* watchstrap (British) = watchband (American)<br />
* water diviner (British) = waterfinder (American)<br />
* wholemeal (British) = whole-wheat (American)<br />
* windmill (British) = pinwheel (American)<br />
* windscreen (British) = windshield (American)<br />
* windscreen wiper (British) = windshield wiper (American)<br />
* wing (British) = fender (American)<br />
* wintergreen (British) = shinleaf (American)<br />
* working day (British) = workday (American)<br />
== Z ==<br />
* zed (British) = zee (American)<br />
* zip (British) = zipper (American)</div>
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