รายการ คำต่าง ระหว่าง BrE และ UsE

common errors

รายการ คำต่าง ระหว่าง BrE และ UsE

British English	American English
Anywhere	Anyplace
Autumn	Fall
Bill (in a restaurant)	Check
Biscuit	Cookie
Bonnet (of a car, at the front)	Hood
Boot (of a car, at the back)	Trunk
Chemist	Drugstore
Chips	French fries
Cinema	Movies
Crisps	Potato chips
Crossroads	Intersection
Dustbin	Trashcan
Film	Movie
Flat	Apartment
Ground floor	First floor
Holiday	Vacation
Lift	Elevator
Lorry	Track
Mobile	Cellphone
Motorway	Freeway
Nappy	Diaper
Pants	Shorts
Pavement	Sidewalk
Petrol	Gas(oline)
Post	Mail
Postcode	Zip code
Pub	Bar
Return (ticket)	Round-trip (ticket)
Rubber	Eraser
Shop	Store
Single (ticket)	One-way (ticket)
Sweets	Candy
Tap	Faucet
Taxi	Cab
Timetable	Schedule
Toilet	Bathroom, restroom
Trousers	Pants
Tube (train)	Subway
Vest	Undershirt
Wallet	Billfold
Zip	Zipper

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May I add some clarification?

1) …Lorry Track…???I think Americans call รถบรรทุก a truck – Australians call it a truck too.

2) in USA the ground floor is also the first floor (so floors are numbered G,2,3,… but in UK floor are numbered G,1,2,…)

3) …Pants Shorts??? I think ‘pants’ are often called ‘trousers’ and vice versa. Shorts are pants with short leg covers. In AUS, often ‘pants’ = ‘lower body garment’ long or short ;-)

4) Tube (train) subway — I think the word ‘Metro’ is becoming quite common in EU

5) …Vest Undershirt — ‘vest’ is a sleeveless outer garment; ‘undershirt’ (เสื้อกล้าม) is a sleeveless under-garment

6) Wallet Billfold — ‘billfold’ is sometimes used in US instead of ‘wallet’; wallet is usually for ‘man’; wallet for ‘woman’ is called ‘purse’.

[Nathavuth]

THANKS

Nat