Food Vocabulary | Confusing English Words | British vs American English |

hi everyone I'm Emma and welcome to

another lesson at English have you ever

been confused by two different English

nouns that mean the same thing in

today's lesson we're going to look at

the differences between British and

American English vocabulary that's right

there are different names for the same

thing in English depending on where you

are in the world for example in

Australia where I'm from we use words

from British and American English let's

have a look at an example this is a

bottle of lemonade in British English it

is fizzy drink so fizzy drink can be

lemonade Coca Cola Pepsi Fanta sweet

drinks with bubbles inside so in British

English it's fizzy drink in American

English it's soda pop or even just pop

let's look at some more examples do you

know what these are in British English

these are crisps in American English

these are chips

I know you know these ones in British

English these are chips and in American

English they're french fries in British

English this is a jacket potato in

American English it's a baked potato

in British English this is an aubergine

in American English it's eggplant

in British English this is a courgette

in American English it's a zucchini

in British English this is rocket in

American English it's arugula in British

English this is a biscuit in American

English it's a cookie

in British English this is called

pudding

it's the meal you eat after dinner and

it's usually sweet in American English

it's called dessert in British English

these are sweets in American English

it's candy

in British English this is take away

food it's food that you buy from a

restaurant but you don't eat at the

restaurant you take it away in American

English it's called takeout food

in British English this is candy floss

in American English it's cotton candy

can you remember what these are in

British English

these are cans of fizzy drink in

American English

these are cans of soda pop okay let's

practice first you try and then listen

to me

do you remember what these are

crisps or chips

chips or french fries

jacket potato or baked potato

aubergine or eggplant

courgette or zucchini

the British English names for these

vegetables are actually French words

aubergine and courgette are French words

this is rocket or arugula

biscuit or cookie

pudding or dessert

sweets or candy

take away food or takeout food

candy floss or cotton candy

fizzy drink or soda pop well done

that was great pronunciation practice

the trick is to learn just one of these

nouns are you studying British English

or American English choose the one that

is most important for you but remember

that there is another one so that you

don't get confused do you want me to

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