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Tap or Faucet

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
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Brits extract water from the tap; Americans extract water from the faucet.

Brits burn petrol in their vehicles; Americans burn gas.

What are some other differences in nomenclature describing the same thing are there across the pond?
 

SalixIncendium

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I remember watching Wheeler Dealers a while back and was in the other room hearing them talk about an engine under the 'bonnet.' I came into the room to see what kind of car would have an engine under a ladies hat.

Yeah, we Yanks call it a hood.
 

Rival

Si m'ait Dieus
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Kebab.

If you said kabob you'd be laughed right back across the pond.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
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Brits extract water from the tap; Americans extract water from the faucet.

Brits burn petrol in their vehicles; Americans burn gas.

What are some other differences in nomenclature describing the same thing are there across the pond?
This might be just an Ontario thing, but hydroelectric generation is so ubiquitous that we call AC electricity "hydro."

When there's a power failure, people will say that the hydro's out. People call their electric bill the hydro bill. Many power utilities have "hydro" in their name.
 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
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Full English breakfast (fry-up) vs All American breakfast

I think the only difference is that we ditched the beans and tomatoes for pancakes.
 

Rival

Si m'ait Dieus
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A sanitary towel is a pad girls use for their periods. It is not ever a paper towel.
 

Rival

Si m'ait Dieus
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Here, a college is basically what US folks would call High School. University is after this.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
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I remember watching Wheeler Dealers a while back and was in the other room hearing them talk about an engine under the 'bonnet.' I came into the room to see what kind of car would have an engine under a ladies hat.

Yeah, we Yanks call it a hood.

And your trunk is our boot
A muffler is a silencer

I found this
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sun rise

The world is on fire
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****. No one has mentioned **** yet.

(RF is an automated prude asterisking out a perfectly good word meaning cigarette in the UK.)
 
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