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Brits, Do You Know The American Word For These Items?

What Is The American Word For These Things?

Eggplant

In English, we know this as an aubergine, but what do the Americans call it?

Soccer

While we might call it a game of football, Americans are playing \_\_\_\_?

Zucchini

A courgette is known as a \_\_\_ in America.

Chips or potato chips

In Britain, we reach for a bag of crisps, but in America they eat a bag of \_\_\_?

Sidewalk

We would say this lil' guy is walking on the pavement, but in the US they'd say he's on the \_\_\_?

Garbage or trash

We might know this as rubbish, but what do the Americans call it?

Flashlight

We call this a torch, but what is it known as in the big ol' US of A?

Liquor

We call them spirits, and they call them \_\_\_.

Pacifier

In the UK, we call this a dummy, but what do they call it in America?

Eraser

We might call this a rubber in the UK, but they have an entirely different name for it in the US — what is it?

Bangs

In the UK this girl is getting a fringe cut, but in the US they'd call it...?

Thumbtack

We call this a drawing pin, but what do Americans call it?

Ladybugs

These little beauties are known as ladybirds in Britain, but what do Americans call them?

Blinker or turn signal

We call this an indicator, but in America it's a \_\_\_?

Stroller

In the UK we call this a pushchair, but they have a different name for them in the US — what is it?

Drugstore

To us Brits, this is a chemist or pharmacy, but to our American cousins it's a...?

You're British through and through.

You knew _most_ of the American words.

You speak fluent American.

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Brits, Do You Know The American Word For These Items?

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