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Find out if you're an honorary Brit or clueless Yank.

Americans, If You Get 15/15 On This Weird British Terms Quiz, You Deserve Dual Citizenship

Quiz: British And American English Differences 

In England, what we in America refer to as chips are called crisps.

True!

Americans call them French fries, the British call them...

Fun fact: In Australia they call cotton candy "fairy floss."

Americans call it cotton candy, the British call it...

The British do have a different name for it, though! They generally call it a "clothes peg."

False!

Americans call it a clothespin, the British call it a...

The British will also use bonnet to mean a hat (as we use it).

On a car, Americans call it the hood, the British call it the...

Americans call it a pacifier, the British call it a...

The British also call them flip-flops, but sometimes thongs.

Americans call them flip-flops, the British call them...

A British flag and the word hundreds and thousands

Seems like a mouthful ("Do you want more hundreds and thousands on your froyo?"), but who am I to criticize!

On ice cream, Americans call them sprinkles, the British call them...

They call them mints too. "Jezzies" sort of sounds like something they'd say, though, right? "Aye, lad, you got a tin of jezzies, don't cha?"

Americans call them mints, the British call them...

They don't really have American-style biscuits in England, but do have scones, which are vaguely similar.

Americans call it a cookie, the British call it a...

A British flag and the word anticlockwise

As an American "anticlockwise" sounds like people who REALLY hate doing things clockwise, lol.

Americans say counterclockwise, the British say....

A British flag and the word pulled a henry the VIII 

I made that one up, but British people...feel free to start using it!

Americans say someone "ghosted them," the British say someone...

But if you read the _Harry Potter_ books you already knew that!

Americans say make out, the British say...

That one was made up! But one interesting difference is that the British call their cell phones "mobiles."

Americans ask someone with a phone for their number, the British ask for their...

A British flag and the word cream crockery

Americans call it a butter dish, the British call it a...

You may have heard John Lennon sing "And curse Sir Walter Raleigh / He was such a stupid git" in The Beatles' song "I'm So Tired."

Americans might call someone a dumbass, the British might call them a...

Hey, it's cool! The British may have invented the English language, but they sure use it in a weird way. I mean, "hundreds and thousands"? What the heck was that?

Sorry, you're a dumb American (like me)

You got a lot of these right, which means you are fairly familiar with the different things they say over in jolly ol' England! Good show!

You're on your way to being an honorary Brit!

Good show! If you ask me the Queen should fly you out to London and throw a parade in your name!

Congrats, you're an honorary Brit!

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Americans, If You Get 15/15 On This Weird British Terms Quiz, You Deserve Dual Citizenship

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