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Return to Joe's Home Language Exchange Joe's Jokes American English and British English Compared My students learn American English from me but often need to communicate with people from all around the world, many of whom have learned British English. To help my students, I introduce the list of common words (see chart below) that are quite different in British English. When speaking English, you should focus on one way, either British or American, but you should be familiar with both. Good luck! American English apartment apartment building band-aid billion (a thousand million) call someone on the phone potato chips a closet (for hanging clothes) cookies crackers dead-end a deck of cards diaper drugstore or pharmacy eggplan elevator eraser first floor flashlight french fries British English flat block of flats elastoplast or plaster billion (a million million) ring someone up crisps wardrobe biscuits (sweet) biscuits (unsweetened) cul-de-sac a pack nappy chemist's shop aubergine lift rubber ground floor torch chips "Professor" Joe Do you like this page? Click to tell a friend!
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