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Return to Joe's Home Language Exchange Joe's Jokes British and American English, part 2 In the chart below there are more common words that are different in British English. To see Teacher Joe's original list of words, go to Part 1. American English freeway or highway garbage or trash hamburger meat a hamburger homely (ugly) jail lawyer or attorney mailman one way ticket round trip ticket paddle (for ping pong) pants parking lot period (end of a sentence) a pit (inside a fruit) a school principal raisin scotch tape a sidewalk a shot (an injection) stand in line subway truck two weeks vacation vacuum cleaner wrench yard zero zip code British English motorway rubbish mince beefburger homely (pleasant) gaol solicitor postman single ticket return ticket bat underwear car park full stop stone headmaster or headmistress sultana sellotape pavement or footpath jab queue tube or underground lorry a fortnight holiday hoover spanner garden nought postal code "Professor" Joe Do you like this page? Click to tell a friend!
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