This started in another thread elsewhere but I thought it would be fun to make its own thread and see how far we can go with it, and just what interesting things come up. The idea is to list a word in the English language used either in the UK or US that has an entirely different word meaning approximately the same thing in the other place. Got it? here are the first ones from the other thread to get us started:

American English =England English (from me)
Vest = waistcoat
truck = lorrie
elevator = lift
french fries = chips


From Joseph MacLaren

UK..........................US
scones..............biscuits
biscuits.............cookies
pants.................shorts
shorts..........short pants
trousers...............pants
braces.........suspenders
suspenders........garters


From Zardoz

US=UK
antenna = aerial
drive shaft = propeller shaft
fender = wing
hood = bonnet
trunk = boot
odometer = clock


What interesting ones can you contribute?

jeff