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British versus American Word Quiz - different words, same thing!



British to American Word Quiz I




  1. Aluminium
  2. Caretaker
  3. Current account
  4. Drawing-pin
  5. Dummy (as in baby's dummy)
  6. Flannel
  7. Trousers
  8. Windscreen
  9. Curriculum vitae
  10. Courgette
  11. Swede(vegetable)
  12. Minced beef
  13. Post code
  14. Tap
  15. Maths
  16. Autumn

American Equivalents I

  1. Aluminum
  2. Janitor
  3. Checking account
  4. Thumbtack
  5. Pacifier
  6. Washcloth
  7. Pants
  8. Windshield
  9. Resume
  10. Zucchini
  11. Rutabaga
  12. Ground beef
  13. Zip code
  14. Faucet
  15. Math
  16. Fall



British to American Word Quiz II

  1. Aubergine
  2. Breeze block





  3. Bumbag
  4. Cotton bud
  5. Estate car
  6. Fringe (hair)
  7. Jumble sale
  8. Oven glove
  9. Postal vote
  10. Pushchair
  11. Spring onion
  12. Trainers
  13. Zebra crossing
  14. Waistcoast
  15. Trading estate
  16. Timber
  17. Torch
  18. Anti-clockwise

American Equivalents II

  1. Eggplant
  2. Cinder block





  3. Fanny pack
  4. Cotton swab
  5. Station wagon
  6. Bangs
  7. Rummage sale
  8. Oven mitt
  9. Absentee ballot
  10. Stroller
  11. Scallion
  12. Sneakers
  13. Crosswalk
  14. Vest
  15. Industrial park
  16. Lumber
  17. Flashlight
  18. Counter-clockwise