Americanisms and British Equivalents - How Many Do You Know?

Americanism - British English

1 at this moment in time - now, currently

2 briefly - momentarily

3 bullshit - nonsense

4 dish brush - washing up brush

5 dish soap - washing up liquid

6 eraser - rubber

7 fall - autumn

8 faucet - tap

9 garbage - rubbish

10 momentarily - in a moment, shortly

11 next up - next

12 pavement - roadway

13 raised in - brought up in/grew up in

14 range - hob

15 resume - c.v. (Latin curriculum vitae)

16 rubber - condom

17 sidewalk - pavement

18 subway - underground

19 truck - lorry

20 trucker - lorry driver

British - Americanisms

1 autumn - fall

2 brought up in - raised in

3 soon, shortly - momentarily

4 condom - rubber

5 c.v. - resume

6 hob - range

7 lorry - truck

8 lorry driver - truck driver

9 nonsense - bullshit

10 now - at this moment in time

11 Pavement - sidewalk

12 rubber - eraser

13 rubbish - garbage

14 tap - faucet

15 underground - subway

16 washing up liquid - dish soap

17 washing up brush - dish brush

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About the author

Angela Lansbury was born and brought up in Britain but has also lived in the USA.