American vs. British English vocabulary differences | Learn English with Cambridge

Hello, people.

Now today, I’m going to be talking to you guys

about key vocabulary differences between us Brits

and our American cousins.

I’ve asked a few of my British friends to come along,

and I’m going to test them on their knowledge

of American English

to demonstrate these vocabulary differences

to you guys out there.

Let’s see how they got on.

I’m going to hand you guys an envelope

containing a typically British English word,

and quite simply,

I’d like you to tell me the American equivalent.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Yeah.

That's fine.

Yes, sir.

Yeah. Walk in the park.

Boot of a car?

I know this one.

Do you?

I think I do.

Do you know what it is?

Yeah.

Do you?

I think so.

I don’t know.

Oh, I know.

Yes, I know.

John, I know the answer.

Is it not tailgate?

No, it wouldn’t be.

It would be what’s on the front of an elephant.

It’s a tree, isn’t it?

Trunk.

Trunk.

All right then.

Do you want to say it?

Okay, I’ll say it, thanks.

The trunk.

A trunk.

Woo!

The main road.

Main road.

Pretty easy.

I think I know this one.

The way?

Avenue?

Three main roads.

A route? Don't they call it a route, maybe?

The...

Road?

No, I don’t know.

I don’t know.

Freeway. Highway?

Highway, isn’t it?

Is highway different to freeway?

Freeway, highway.

Is that the same thing?

Motorway.

Main road.

It’s a highway.

A nice drive on the… Wrong side of the road.

I honestly don’t know,

so I think we should go for highway.

It’s a highway.

Highway.

We’ll go for highway, Greg.

You thought it was highway.

Highway.

I thought it was highway.

I’ve looked on… A dummy.

A dummy.

I know.

I know.

I know.

All right.

All right.

I only know this, because of a Vin Diesel film.

I think I’m… I think I might know.

I can’t remember.

Give me a clue.

It’s something peaceful.

Think about its role.

What does it do?

It stops the baby from crying.

Yes.

So, what does it… A stopperer.

Dummy, it’s pacifier, mate.

Pacifier?

Pacifier.

No.

Don’t tell me.

A pacifier.

A pacifier, of course.

Yes, that would be pacifier.

Pacifier.

Pacifier, final answer.

I never knew that.

There you go,

but as ever,

there are hundreds, thousands, if not millions,

more differences,

so please, comment below with the ones

that I haven’t covered.

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