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Terms

Converting My Terms into American.

Beetroot Beets
Bill, the the Cheque
Biscuits  Scones
Bonnet  Hood of the car
Boot The Trunk
Bum bag Fanny pack
Buoy (boy) pronounced boo ee
Butter Beans Lima Beans
By-law Ordinance
Broiling Grilling
Candy Floss Cotton Candy
Caravan Trailer
Caster Sugar Powdered sugar, confectioner's sugar
Caustic Soda Lye
Chartered Accountant CPA
Cheap Inexpensive
Chemist Druggist, Pharmacist
Cheque Check
Chips French Fries
Chiropodist Podiatrist
Corn Flour Corn Starch
Cos Lettuce Romaine Lettuce
Coriander Cilantro
Cookies Biscuits
Couch Grass Crab Grass
Courgettes Zucchini.
Crayfish Crawfish, Crawdad, Mudbug.
Cream Cracker Soda Cracker
Curriculum vitae Resume
Dairy, Milk Bar Convenience Store
Double or Triple Double 2, triple 4.. forget it, they don't understand.
Duvet Comforter, Quilt
Electric Blanket Mattress Heating Pad. Electric blankets here are throw over heating blankets (not to lay on)
Estate Agent Realtor
Fish slice/flip flop Spatula
Flannel Wash Cloth, Face Cloth
Fly-over Overpass
Fortnight Two Weeks
Foyer Lobby
Gear Box Transmission
Give Way Yield
Grill Broiling
Guillotine Paper Cutter
Ground floor First Floor
Hash Key Pound Key
Holiday Vacation
Icing Frosting
Icing sugar Confectionery Sugar
Jam Jelly
Jam Tart Jelly Pie
Jug Pitcher
Madeira Cake Pound Cake
Marmalade Jam (citrus)
Matron Head Nurse, Ward Nurse
Mincer Meat Grinder
Mudguard Fender
Noughts & Crosses Tic-tac-toe
Number Plate License Plate
Packed Lunch Sack Lunch, Brown bag Lunch.
Pneumatic Drill Jackhammer
Porridge Oatmeal
Power Point Electrical Outlet, Socket
Pushchair Stroller
Removal Man Moving Man
Roundabout Traffic Circle
Salted Cracker Saltine
Scones Biscuits
Secateurs Hand Pruning Sheers
Settee Love Seat
Shopping Trolley Shopping Cart
Sideboard Buffet
Singlet Undershirt
Skirting Board Base Board
Solicitor Lawyer, Attorney
Spanner Wrench
Sultana Large Yellow (golden) Raisin
Surgical Spirit Rubbing Alcohol
Swiss Roll Jelly Roll
Tap Faucet
Tea Towel Dish Towel
Tin Can
Toffee Apple Caramel Apple
Treacle Molasses
Underground Subway
Ute Pickup truck
Valve Tube
Waist Coat Vest
Wasp Yellow Jacket
Wardrobe Closet

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