Search This Blog

Popular Posts

Labels

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Americanisms and Britishisms




Problem
Most people already know that Fall is autumn. But there are others, different and new ones which I see every day.

Answers
American - British
eraser - rubber (stationery)
fall - autumn
hood - bonnet (car)
momentarily - shortly, soon
pantyhose - tights
period - full stop
truck - lorry
trunk - boot (car)
go to (item) - ? (you tell me)
zee - zed

Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. I have several more posts on Americanisms. Please share links to your favourite posts.

No comments: