Americanisms and British equivalents and Commonwealth countries' English

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American - English+Commonwealth Countries

bell hop - porter (in a hotel)

a bunch of people - a group of people

busy (of a phone line) - engaged

candies - sweets

clean up - clean, tidy

clever - too clever

cookie - biscuit

cops -police

downtown / city center - city centre

driveway drive

elevator - lift

eraser - rubber

faucet tap

guys - mates, friends, folks - of both sexes, or even a group of girls

hacks - tips

hood - bonnet

homely - plain

it sucks - it's a real shame/that's bad/that's annoying/that's a pity/that's awful

make a right - turn right

mail - post

main street - high street

momentarily - in a moment - shortly, soon

my bad - my mistake/fault

pants - trousers

parking lot - car park

parkway - motorway

pavement - roadway

a quarter after - a quarter past

a ride (noun) - a lift

rubber - condom/Durex

server - waiter

sidewalk - pavement

sure/sure will - definitely/I certainly will

truck - lorry

truck driver - lorry driver

trunk - boot

underpants - pants

yard - garden

y'all - you all

you guys (you people - both sexes)

zee- zed

zip code - postcode

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Singapore speaks British English but a lot of Singlish, English with Chinese (Mandarin) sentence structure which sounds abbreviated like text talk. eg. You okay? We go? Australians have their own vocabulary, such as 

British+Commonwealth Countries - American

biscuit - cookie

bonnet - hood (of a car)

boot - trunk

car park - parking lot

city centre - downtown/ city center

clever - smart

condom/Durex - rubber

a drive (noun - in front of a home) driveway

engaged (of a phone line) - busy

garden - yard

guys - men/males

high street - main street

hoover - vacuum cleaner

lift (in a car) - ride in an automobile

a lift (electrical, in building) - an elevator

lorry truck

lorry driver - truck driver

pants - underpants

pavement - sidewalk

plain - homely

police/bobbies/Mr Plod - cops

porter - bell hop

post - mail

rubber - eraser

sweets - candies

tap - faucet

tips (eg cleaning, DIY) - hacks

trousers - pants

zed - zee

Useful Websites

American

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2022/10/more-americanisms.html

American

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English

Australian

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