Words Brits use that Americans don't?

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  1. Candy Gal

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    Oh, we do. Your chips are our crisps.
     
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    When I work on a car, I open the hood. If I am working on a Jaguar, I open the bonnet.
     
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    Show off. lol
     
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    Our french fries are your chips
     
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    Nah only thin chips are referred to as French Fries.
    Do you have curly fries yet?
     
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    I've never heard of putting jello on a doughnut ....must be some Brooklyn hipster thing lol
     
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    The part that made it so funny was that my friend was extremely extrovert gay. Everywhere he went, he managed to put both feet in it, but he was great fun at a party.
    The strange thing is that it is only since joining HF that I now see the double meaning in all his 'cream pie' jokes. They puzzled me at the time.
     
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    It might be a specific dialect of slang but I've heard "safe" in UK movies which as far as I could tell meant like "cool" or to be in agreement.
     
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    Maybe he was teasing me????
    They have a different dialect all of their own, lol
     
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    Petrol.


    And we do say twat. It’s just a much more vulgar word here, like ****.
     
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    Oh, I had to ask a member what a cream pie was. Took ages for an answer.

    I suppose they don't have fanny. lol
     
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    Trump means fart here. lol
     
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    I always refer to them as cigarette butts.
     
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    What we call an apartment you call a flat.
     
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    Trolley
     
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    Mail = post?
     
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    Correct.

    You don't have any Kings or Queens only as street names.
     
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    Wellies
     
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    Well, I know several queens...
     
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    Bar = pub
     
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