Hello everyone welcome back to
English with Lucy, today I want to talk to you
about ten vocabulary differences between
American English and British English
So, Let's get started
The first one and a lot of you might know
this one is what the British call football
and what the Americans call soccer
now of course we will understand each other
can get confusing because Americans have
American football which is a completely different game
Number two "Chips" and "Crisps"
for us crisps are these, crunchy fried
potatoes which usually served called
but the Americans call them "Chips" it's even
more confusing when we get on to number three
because what Americans call "French fries" we then call "Chips"
so french fries for Americans and chips
for the British are "Hot fried soft potatoes"
these
Number four what we call "Trousers"
Americans call "Pants" however it gets even
more confusing because when we gets to
number five, what Americans call "Underwear"
we call "Pants" so pants for Americans
are trousers, something you wear over your underwear
Number six, "Gas" versus "Petrol"
for us petrol is the liquid petroleum that you put
into your car, and Americans call this gas
Yes confusing because gas for us only refers to
something that is in its gaseous form
something neither a solid nor liquid a gas
The next one "Biscuit" and "Cookie"
for the British we refer to one of these
as a biscuit and Americans call it a cookie
Number eight, "Trunk" versus "Boot"
us the compartment in the back the car is
called a boot, which is also a word that can
refer to a specific type of shoe, but
for Americans it's just trunk
Number nine, what we call a "Jumper" Americans
will call a "Sweater" so make sure you remember
both these ones, so this for me is a jumper
but for Americans, it would be a sweater
Number ten, "High school" versus
"Secondly school" in Britain we call the
final school that you attend secondary school
but in America they call it high school
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