Apartment = Flat
Appetizer = Starter
Bacon = Smoked Streaky Rashers
Baked Potato = Jacket Potato
Bandaids/Bandages = Plasters
Brussel Sprouts = Sprouts
Buckeyes = Conkers
Bus = Coach
Calendar = Diary
Caramel = Toffee
Chicken Nuggets = Chicken Chunks
Cold = Parky
Cotton Swab = Cotton Buds
Crossing Guard = Lollipop Lady
Cup of tea = Cuppa
Dance Party = Disco
Diapers = Nappies
Dish Soap = Washing Up Liquid
Elevator = Lift
Fabric Softener = Fabric Conditioner
Fixed = Sorted
Flu Shot = Flu Jab
Fraud (like tax fraud) = Fiddle
Girl Parts/Vagina = Fanny
Glue Stick = Pritt stick
Grocery Store = Market
Hood of a car = Bonnett
Laundromat = Laundrette
Line = Queue
Lolli = Popsicle
Paper Mache = Papier Mache (pronounced pap-ear, mash-ay)
Paper Towell = Kitchen Towell
Parking Lot = Car Park
Pillow (couch or sofa) = Cushion
Pitcher (pitcher of lemonade/water) = Jug
Popsicle = Lolli
Purse = Bag
Restrooms = Toilets
Shopping Cart = Trolley
Stroller = Buggy
Sweatshirt = Jumper
Trailer or R.V. = Caravan
Trash = Litter or Rubbish
Trash Can = Bin
Trunk of a car = Boot
Turnip = Swede
Umbrella = Parasol
Vincent VanGogh = Vincent VanGogh (pronounced Van Goff)
Wallet = Purse
Yard = Garden
Zucchini = Courgette
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