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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