English vocabulary: US vs. UK

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The first word in the following list is used in North America, the second in the UK. # indicates colloquial or even vulgar words.

apartment - flat
arugula - rocket (edible green)
bangs - fringe
bathing suit, swimming suit - swimming costume
bathroom, restroom (Canada: washroom) - toilet, lavatory, WC
buck, clam, smacker - dollar
buddy, pal, bud - mate #
business hours - opening times
call (on the telephone) - ring
candy - sweets
center - centre
chips, potato chips - crisps
cigarettes - smokes, fags, coffin nails, cancer sticks * #
comforter - duvet, doona
cookie - biscuit
cot - campbed
crib - cot
curb - kerb
dessert - pudding
diaper - nappy
downtown - city centre, in town
drugstore - chemist
drunk - pissed #
eggplant - aubergine
elevator - lift
eraser - rubber
exit (traffic direction) - way out
fanny - bottom (body part)
fart - trump #
faucet - tap
fries, french fries - chips
gal - bird (meaning girl, not literally a bird!) #
garbage can, trash can - (rubbish) bin
garbage, trash - rubbish
gas, gasoline - petrol
guy - bloke
hood (of a car) - bonnet
mail - post
mailbox - postbox
Main Street - High Street **
napkin - serviette
oatmeal - porridge
pacifier, soother - child's dummy (i hate this word pacifier)
pail - bucket
pants - trousers
pen - biro
pissed, pissed off # - angry, irritated
PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome) - PMT (Pre-Menstrual Tension)
raincoat - waterproof, mac
rubber # - condom
rutabaga - swede
sausage - banger #
sick - ill, unwell
sidewalk - pavement, footpath
skillet - frying pan
stroller - pram
stuff - kit
suspenders - braces
sweater - jumper
toilet paper - loo roll
wastebasket - bin
truck - lorry
trunk (of a car) - boot
TV - telly #
underwear, briefs, boxers - underpants
vacation - holiday
vacuum - hoover
vagina - fanny *** #
vest - waistcoat
wrench - spanner
yield (traffic signal) - give way
zucchini - courgette

* Coffin nails, cancer sticks - try not to use these words too often as they can cause offence!
** High Street is the name for streets where people go shopping.
*** Fanny in US means buttocks (especially females') while in the UK it's a colloquial word for vagina!!!

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