THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

Food

British English	American English
Scone	Biscuit
Fairy Cake	Cup Cake
Courgette	Zucchini
Sweets	Candy
Sausage / Banger	Sausage
Crisps	Chips
Chips (French Fries in McDonald's)	French Fries
Starter	Appetizer
Puddings / Afters / Dessert / Sweets	Dessert

Puddings / Afters / Dessert / Sweets	Dessert
Jacket Potato / Baked Potato	Baked Potato
Jam	Jelly or Jam
Jelly (a dessert in the UK)	Jell-o (flavoured gelatin)
Aubergine	Eggplant
Sandwich / Butty / Sarny	Sandwich
Ice lolly	Popsicle
Bill (at restaurant)	check
Grill (oven grill)	Broil (oven broil)
Food / Grub / Nosh	Food
Rasher	A slice of bacon
Eggy bread (fried)	French Toast
Runner beans	Green beans
broad bean	lima bean
Soldiers (We dip soldiers in our soft boiled eggs)	Finger sized slices of toast.
bap	hamburger bun
Take-away	Take out
biscuit (sweet)	cookie
corn flour	corn starch
desiccated (coconut)	shredded
icing sugar	powdered sugar
icing sugar	confectioner’s sugar
kipper	smoked herring
marrow	squash
semolina	cream of wheat
sorbet	sherbet
Swiss roll	jelly roll
black treacle	molasses
black or white?(coffee)	with or without?
candyfloss	cotton candy
Flapjacks in England are oats mixed with honey and/or golden syrup and baked then cut into slices. sometimes raisins are added to the mixture.