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.

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